Here at Charlotte Viewpoint.

My opinion on why the loss of the Charlotte History Museum is greater than we might imagine. Here at Creative Loafing’s CLOG.

Keep yourself on the course with my pointers here in Lake Norman Magazine.

Why not enjoy your own city on its own terms? My opinion on comparing apples and oranges, here at Charlotte Viewpoint.

Read my piece here on moves by NAACP and local advocacy group RAIN here in Creative Loafing.

My opinion piece on a very real and critically important public health issue is here at Charlotte Viewpoint.

Few conversations in Charlotte envision the theater as community. Charlotte is not a string of suburbs in search of a city like many American burghs of comparable size. We are a grouping of eclectic and diverse neighborhoods from NoDa, to Chantilly, First and Fourth Wards, Elizabeth, and beyond. Performance art that represents the diverse cultures and fabric of the growing region isn’t often found in touring Broadway productions or at Uptown’s larger venues.

I explore Machine Theater, a small experimental company here.

Local hummingbird expert, Dr. Jay Whelan, shares some of his vast birding knowledge with me here.

My homage to the passing of Any Griffith. Here at Charlotte Viewpoint.

What’s the real cost of Reality TV? I sound off at Charlotte ViewPoint here.

My rant on the one behavior that will save the arts: Patronage.  In My Opinion published by the Charlotte Observer.

Some may not think in these terms, but when on-board an airplane you are really part of a community that deserves some basic common courtesies.

Read my take on what makes for a neighborly flight here.

My lament at being chronically on time. Here in the Charlotte Observer.

Read my profile of environmentalist Shannon Binns and his vision for creating a sustainable Charlotte here.

According to officials with the North Carolina State Board of Education, the Tar Heel State’s high school children don’t need to learn about the founding of our nation or the Civil War. The Board is proposing changes to the high school history curriculum that will eliminate teaching about any historical events prior to 1877.

I can’t make up stuff this good, it’s true.

Check it out here.

The evolution and convergence of media is certainly nothing new and is being embraced in many circles, particularly with younger readers and technology adapters who use digital forms of media to inform and entertain themselves.

Read my opinion piece on consuming new media and the caveats to keep in mind here.

In what will likely deal a crushing blow to yet another revenue stream for budget-tight South Carolina, State Senator Larry A. Martin last week introduced a proposal to repeal the  Subversive Activities Registration Act. According to Martin, the law has been on the state’s books since 1951 and mandates that state-based subversives first register  and pay a five dollar filing fee with the state prior to any activities related to overthrowing the government or face some nasty fines.

This is too good to make up. Really.

Read my piece here.

Southerners, perhaps more than any other Americans, have a love affair with their food. Of late however, the relationship between Americans south of the Mason/Dixon line and their food has become more complicated and by many measures, downright dangerous.

My opinion on the very real health issues facing all Americans, here.