Connie Ledoux Book impressed me right from the start. I saw her for the first time several years ago, nearly a lifetime it seems today. I was in attendance at the then-annual lunch hosted by the North Carolina bureau of the Associated Press in conjunction with the annual Winter Institute and awards ceremony conducted by … Continue reading Elon’s incoming president was a journalist first
Month: October 2017
Goodbye to a true citizen of the world
The first time I recall riding in a Volkswagen beetle the man behind the wheel was Alan Gordon. It was a dark green bug and to that point in my life – age four or five at the outside -- constituted just about the most astonishing thing seen to date on the tar-covered or dirt … Continue reading Goodbye to a true citizen of the world
Something to be proud of
I wrote this editorial for the Burlington Times-News on the occasion of the first Alamance Pride festival in 2015. On Saturday the group will hold its third in downtown Burlington. Happy birthday to a more inclusive day in the Burlington, North Carolina community. This area still has its bumps in the road but this event … Continue reading Something to be proud of
Throwback Thursday: My best friend at work
Five years ago this week my spouse, the lovely, talented and now long-suffering Roselee Papandrea, announced she would be leaving the newspaper business and the Burlington Times-News for a position at Elon. I wrote this on her last week but thought today might be a good time to share it again. The newspaper business … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: My best friend at work
Reality crashes in America’s Land of Make Believe
I traveled to Las Vegas for the first time in August of 2001. I’ll always remember the date because approximately a month later I would learn that the bastard terrorists who commandeered jet airliners then used them as missiles on Sept. 11, 2001 were on the infamous Vegas Strip at roughly the same time we … Continue reading Reality crashes in America’s Land of Make Believe
Ultimate truths, wisdom and baseball
A few years ago at the annual Friends of the Alamance County Library Book Sale I uncovered a real treasure. It's a book about ultimate truths. It's a book full of wisdom for the ages. It's a book brimming with best practices of every description. And it's a book published in 1951. And it's a … Continue reading Ultimate truths, wisdom and baseball
Madison's Avenue 