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It may be an old wives’ tale (as compared to what young wives would say), or maybe it’s an urban legend, or maybe it’s just not really so, but the old saying that “it takes …
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BY BOB WACHS, Columnist
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5/24/23
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My buddy, a cheerful dude whom I hadn’t seen in years, met me at a coffeeshop, and after filling each other in about our kids, we leapt into a conversation about the holy subject of basketball. …
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Andrew Taylor-Troutman, Columnist
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3/21/24
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The place in my house where I spend more time than in any other place, including the area containing the dinner table, is a room we call “the study.”
Some of what gives that room its …
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Bob Wachs, Columnist
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3/21/24
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The conspiracy between a corrupt set of bureaucracies (including the Justice Department, the IRS, and the intelligence community) and an equally corrupt and enabling elite media is astonishing. The …
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By Newt Gingrich
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5/31/23
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“Hey, Ted!” Walked back into my house from an errand and greeted a neighbor who was kindly being a handyman. Ted was on the deck and only vaguely heard me. Stepping back inside, he asked …
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BY JAN HUTTON, Columnist
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5/31/23
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This is part two of thoughts on the Republican gubernatorial race. Last week I evaluated Mark Robinson, still the prohibitive frontrunner for the GOP primary, even if the last few weeks’ …
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Alexander Jones, Columnist
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5/31/23
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The first Friday in June is Nation Donut Day — let us celebrate! The day is holier than you might suspect.
I know there are plenty of jokes about donuts and overweight cops. Homer Simpson …
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BY ANDREW TAYLOR-TROUTMAN, Columnist
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5/31/23
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A significant event came my way this week.
No, it wasn’t the lottery or last house payment or even a note from old girlfriend Katherine (Kitty) Litter saying she finally realized she …
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BY BOB WACHS, Columnist
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5/31/23
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This is Holy Week. It is also spring break for my children. Ah, the poor preacher’s kids. No big vacation for them. Instead, they will spend even more time than usual in church. It is their …
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Andrew Taylor-Troutman, Columnist
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3/28/24
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Names, it’s been said, are among the most important parts of our lives. They are, our identity and security, our personality and who we are and how we look at life.
There are, of course, …
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Bob Wachs, Columnist
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3/28/24
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This weekend we have witnessed a savage and unprecedented attack on our greatest Middle Eastern ally, Israel. The senseless violence in Israel is sickening, but we must be clear-eyed that this is an …
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U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson
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10/11/23
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Of all the amazing personal stories on both the men’s and women’s N.C. State basketball teams (D.J. Burns plays three musical instruments, Aziaha James over family tragedy), I’m …
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Andrew Taylor-Troutman, Columnist
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4/10/24
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My late dear departed mother never had a driver’s license in her life.
But that didn’t stop her. She could drive with the best of them. At least tell them how to do it.
My dad. …
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Bob Wachs, Columnist
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4/10/24
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I have a confession: I love you.
Perhaps it sounds melodramatic, but it’s true. Over this past year and three months, I have fallen head over heels for Chatham County. You’ve shown …
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BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff
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6/16/23
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Who knows how the strength of simple kindness will echo for years in someone’s life and even reverberate in the larger world?
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Andrew Taylor-Troutman, Columnist
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4/11/24
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As Mayor of Siler City, I want to continue the vision that Mayor John Grimes and the board had to Open Siler City Up for Business, but also to protect the town, residents, and the current businesses …
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Mayor Chip Price
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11/2/23
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Shoot, sometimes he’d cook just because he liked to. Or wanted to. Or it was Saturday night. Or chickens were on sale at Piggly-Wiggly.
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Bob Wachs, Columnist
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4/11/24
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I was asked to write about some of the general issues that we are facing. I will get to that in a moment, but I want to share this with you:
I know who we are, and I know what we can do. Let me …
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Donald Matthews
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11/2/23
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We’re days away from the 2020 primary day, the final opportunity for Chatham County residents to vote on the local option sales tax referendum on this ballot. As part of our coverage, we’ve got …
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2/26/20
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Last week, my maternal grandmother, Sylvia Glenn Greene Hanley, would have turned 103 years old. My younger cousin sent a group text to family remembering her and adding, “I feel her presence through all of you.” This comment was especially poignant, for Jay lives on the west coast, and I haven’t seen my cousin in years.
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Andrew Taylor-Troutman, Columnist
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4/19/24
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