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Lately I’ve been thinking about the similarities between the two big stories of 2020 – the pandemic caused by the coronavirus, and the global protests on…
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The weirdest sports season of our lifetimes has begun. I’m just not sure how long it’s going to last.Opening Day for Major League Baseball is normally the…
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Welcome to the laboratory. Our current work is centered on how to educate our schoolchildren in the time of the coronavirus. We’ve got many experiments…
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According to WUNC, 14 Confederate monuments in North Carolina have been taken down – or are in the process of being taken down – since the death of George…
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No matter what topic you can think of, someone, somewhere is an expert on that topic. It turns out that Lee Gray, of UNC Charlotte, is an expert on…
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Here’s a useful public service announcement about the coronavirus from the Red Cross: “Wear a mask and save your life! The man or woman or child who will…
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About a year ago, when Charlotte was debating whether to bring the Republican National Convention to town, I wrote that the city should say yes.What I…
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ESPN has a tagline it likes to use for its “30 for 30” documentaries and podcasts. The commercials often start like this: “What if I told you ...”It feels…
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Sometimes, when you’re looking for signs and symbols, the gods just drop one on your head.The other day I drove by Cordelia Park on North Davidson Street.…
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These last few days, as people have talked about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, some of them have brought up the names of so many other black…