Month: November 2013

Chasing the destination, missing the journey

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This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2013: The economy really must be improving, because my weekend walks at The Streets at Southpoint mall have lost their intensity. I can’t speed along at a decent pace, what with having to slow down or stop for other people or, when possible, to swerve around them. Don’t…

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Facebook doesn’t make me :(

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This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2013: I have some great memories of my teenage years, when I worked in the tunnel stockrooms beneath the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. The job itself was mundane: I stocked shelves with coon-skin caps and Mickey Mouse sweatshirts. On stormy days, we made emergency runs throughout…

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Not sold on single-gender school plan

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Is it worth it? Is it wise? Can a district already so strapped for cash that it has to scrounge to keep teacher assistants on the payroll one more year afford to launch a multi-million dollar experiment to save the boys of Durham? Last week, The Herald-Sun reported about a proposed partnership between Durham Public…

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He would not be deterred

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When Julius LeVonne Chambers shook the foundations of intolerance with U.S. Supreme Court cases to force school system desegregation in Charlotte, opponents bombed his car. That didn’t stop him. A civil rights lawyer who also fought employment discrimination, Chambers saw his home and office bombed by enemies too. That didn’t stop him, either. Jack Boger,…

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