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Letter to the Editor: On Mike McHugh’s Column on Gasoline Prices

The Jacksonville Daily News has published a letter to the editor I sent regarding Mike McHugh’s column on gasoline prices in the Jacksonville-Swansboro-Onslow County area. You can read the letter below or visit the Jacksonville Daily News’ version, but be sure to read McHugh’s column first. Disagree with my letter? Support it? Let me know [...]

Congratulations, Connecticutans!

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that “civil unions” aren’t the same as marriage and that prohibiting same-sex couples to marry is unconstitutional. Reuters. The court found that the state’s law limiting marriage to heterosexual couples discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation. For those keeping score, Connecticut is the third state (with Massachusetts and California) [...]

Jacksonville Daily News: Lindell Kay is Getting Some Undeserved Flack

Lindell Kay isn’t my biggest fan and, frankly, I’m not a big fan of his writing or public speaking abilities. But he’s getting some flack on his blog that he really doesn’t deserve. It started when Kay blogged about the autopsy for a home-free fellow that was murdered along some railroad tracks in Jacksonville in [...]

In Memoriam: Paul Newman

CNN reports. Paul Newman, the legendary actor whose steely blue eyes, good-humored charm and advocacy of worthy causes made him one of the most renowned figures in American arts, has died of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut. He was 83. Perhaps I’ll watch Cool Hand Luke (my favorite Newman film) in his honor. It [...]

Gas man, gas man, can you spare a dime?

Today’s Jacksonville Daily News, serves up an article and an editorial about the rising skyrocketing fuel prices. In the article “Fueling motorists’ frustrations“, writer Jeff Golden (a new JDNewser? He’s not on the staff page…) spoke with two highly frustrated Jacksonvillians about the cost of fuel in Onslow County. Ms. Cheryl Uppington complains that filling up her Mazda 6 [...]

Bicycling in Eastern NC

The New Bern Sun Journal (Yes, it’s a Freedom ENC Communications, Inc paper…)has a great web-only column called “Man on a Bike.” It’s written by Justin Schoenberger, who bicycles around New Bern, writes brilliantly about cycling, from the great things you can see from the saddle to the challenges of navigating highways and lack of parking. [...]

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