Opinion

Mike Wilson: The revenant, or lulling mallards

My good friend the Boss Man and I often joke about lulling our opponents into complacency during match ...

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Mike Wilson: I think I caught a case of Olympic fever

With the Olympics back in the news, as talk continues about the 2024 Games in Paris, it’s got ...

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Mike Wilson: The fugitive: A lesson in applied calculus

When my wife and I decided to dock our powerboat at Lake Norman for a bit, I was ...

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Quentin Johnson: Freedom requires education

On July Fourth, we celebrated our nation’s birth. On July 30, we will recognize National Support Public Education ...

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Mike Wilson: Tailrace Tales

More the gourmand than the gourmet, I have never been especially intrigued by all those stories in outdoor ...

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Mike Wilson: I have met the enemy, and it is ice cream

One of my earliest memories is dutifully sitting atop a cold, damp folded towel on top of the ...

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From the Editor’s Desk: Lessons learned from a revolution

A British doctor named Richard Schuckburg came up with the idea. In 1755, he came up with some ...

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Mike Wilson: A Concise Guide to Modern Granddadding

There is nothing in this life quite like that moment when you hold a newborn grandchild for the ...

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Mike Wilson: Happy 100th birthday, Mr. Enfield!

As I get along in years, I find myself consciously checking items off my “bucket list” like many ...

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Tommy Wright: RGGI no good for Virginia

The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board voted June 7 to remove Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, ...

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