On a dark day for N.C., Amendment 1 passes
Her eyes twinkled and she didn't give up even when it was clear that the chances of defeating Amendment 1 were slim. Leading a brigade of volunteers who shepherded several hundred folks from the...
View ArticleHow beauty pageants view transwomen
Miss Universe: a laudable honorific. Mistress of not just our lowly solar system but intergalactically so, outranking even Miss Whirlpool Galaxy. Reigning over the totality of matter and energy, Miss...
View ArticleDrone warfare: politically expedient and disturbingly inaccurate
With almost no public debate, in the past decade the United States has increased dramatically the use of a significant new weapon in its military and counterterrorism efforts: unmanned aerial vehicles,...
View ArticleSudden spring
The feed-and-seed plant sets started showing up a month earlier this year. It was only late March, and I was walking by a brilliant cascade of heirloom tomatoes. "What?" I thought to myself. "Am I the...
View ArticleMeet seven of the best bartenders in the Triangle
When the sun is cooking your head and your mouth feels like the Mojave desert, it's time to retreat to the cool confines of a watering hole with your favorite drinkslinger shaking and stirring behind...
View ArticleSmall Batch Homebrew; LoMo Market
After the birth of his second child, Will Draper wondered how he would find time for his hobby. "When am I ever going to brew a batch of beer again?" he asked himself while driving to his job at a...
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