Jim Jordan’s recent, notable, inane attempt at a clever alliteration reveals so much of what we need to know about the fear-focused, radical element of the Republican Party. “God. Guns. Gas stoves.” The entire Republican platform appears to be fueled by hate, anger and fear emanating from do…

Among the many strengths of the community often referred to as “west Greenville” is the dedicated staff of the C.M. Eppes Recreation Center at 400 Nash St. They provide space for meetings and special family and community events, even on the weekends.

I urge Gov. Cooper to do something to protect LGBTQ+ people from right-wing extremists.

On Jan. 21, a 76-year-old wife in Florida fatally shot her husband in his hospital bed. He was terminally ill with cancer and was too weak to do what he desired and planned. After hours of barricading herself in his room, she was eventually detained. Although this is classified as murder and…

Why is there so much discontent with and open hostility toward our public schools? What would cause more than 300,000 public school teachers to leave the field between 2020 and 2022? (Wall Street Journal report). The teachers themselves site stress and burnout related to safety concerns, int…

The late comedian Tim Wilson had a comedy routine about his Uncle B.S. It was his opinion that every family has one braggadocious relative that would insert himself into important events. For example, his Uncle B.S. drove Rosa Parks’ bus, was a co-worker of Lee Harvey Oswald at the book depo…

In June of 2022, my father, Van Harrington Jr., died from complications of frontotemporal degeneration/dementia (FTD). When he passed, I was 40-years-old, but I lost him shortly after graduating from college. After three misdiagnoses because he was “too young” for dementia to be taken into a…

I am grateful for your page’s attention to domestic violence over the years, and there is good news many readers may have missed: Recently, Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and PUMP Act, both of which will help prevent domestic violence and help pregnant or lactating domesti…

Wonder why the U.S. is in such a mess? Well, here is a primer on how to ruin a country.

I feel sure that many citizens who know basic right/wrong are wondering why Trump, plus many of his enablers, aren’t in jail. The lip service from Attorney General Merrick Garland that “no one is above the law” is a crock full of it. Talk is cheap. If we want to, we can take our heads out of…

The cartoon “Family Circus” by Jeff Keane appears in the DR. The cartoon’s charm derives from its depiction of young children responding to their new world. A recent panel shows a little boy entering a room suddenly darkened by his sister at a light switch. He says, “Hey! Who turned on the d…

A recent letter by one of the normal liberal contributors identifies seven Republican House members viewed as extreme, with no redeeming qualities.