The company that bears my family’s name has been serving this community for more than 50 years. You don’t enjoy that sort of success without building relationships. Serving as a member of the Cone Health Board of Trustees has allowed me to appreciate the role of relationships in bringing goo…
Do your eyes ever roll when politicians on either side of the political aisle mention the topic of climate change? Many Democrats talk about climate change as if the world were about to end. Many Republicans either downplay its importance or …
I sometimes tell my first-year undergraduate writers that I will order T-shirts or possibly hats emblazoned with the slogan “Death to the Word ‘Issue,’ ” perhaps in fiery red letters. Occasionally, I write this exhortation in the margins of t…
This story was supposed to be born of joy and gratitude, and in anticipation of both it was already mostly written, in my mind at least. But the first feeling, joy, has been suddenly replaced by acute disappointment, with anxiety and occasion…
I grew up a few miles south of Greensboro in Randleman. Our home was just five minutes from our most famous local citizen, NASCAR legend Richard Petty. Upon graduating from North Carolina State University, I was lucky enough to find a great j…
