by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 6, 2020 | Weekly Column
The news that my favorite city to visit is slamming the drapes shut, killing the lights and pretending they’re not home has pinched my pride a bit. I can’t honestly blame New York, though. We Southern states have misbehaved and now we’re...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 29, 2020 | Weekly Column
For someone who avoided military service with such gusto (and so many, many bone spurs) President Trump is curiously fond of tossing about the word “warrior.” He’s not alone, of course. We live in a country where, seriously, “brand...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 26, 2020 | Weekly Column
I’ve been wondering what it feels like to be a real-life “Karen” these days. Through no fault of their own, Karens everywhere have had their name co-opted to signal a privileged white woman is on the premises. And she would very much like her...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 25, 2020 | Weekly Column
I’ve been wondering what it feels like to be a real-life “Karen” these days. Through no fault of their own, Karens everywhere have had their name co-opted to signal a privileged white woman is on the premises. And she would very much like her...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 1, 2020 | Weekly Column
Oh, dear. President Trump has tweeted his concern that pandemic precautions, put in place by our Democrat governor here in North Carolina, might force him to move the Republican National Convention from Charlotte to…. somewhere more accommodating. Say...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 25, 2020 | Weekly Column
Once again, dogs get all the good press. And once again, I find myself reading aloud a news story to my twin tuxedo cats, Joey and Chandler as they pace around the food bowls in the kitchen. “Boys, it says here that dogs are being used to detect...
