by Celia Rivenbark | Oct 29, 2018 | Weekly Column
When money is literally the only currency you have, it’s hard to imagine that everybody else doesn’t look at life the same way. When your soul is bereft of any loftier goals, making more money dictates every decision you make and every action you take....
by Celia Rivenbark | Oct 22, 2018 | Weekly Column
Y’all know what Stockholm Syndrome is, right? It’s when a person who has been kidnapped or has become a captive of some kind starts to develop feelings of trust, even affection, toward their captor. To put it another way, the boot’s pressing...
by Celia Rivenbark | Oct 15, 2018 | Weekly Column
As we speed through the pumpkin latte swirl that is October, it seems as if everyone is talking about the midterm elections. Everywhere I go, I hear this cheery mantra: “I don’t care how you vote, just make sure you vote in the midterm elections...
by Celia Rivenbark | Oct 8, 2018 | Weekly Column
Like many of you I suspect, Brett Kavanaugh’s recent Supreme Court confirmation debacle has caused me to question the very foundation of American jurisprudence, to ponder the role of tribal politics in a deeply divided nation and most of all to wonder...
by Celia Rivenbark | Oct 1, 2018 | Weekly Column
Twelve days after Hurricane Florence came ashore nine miles from my house, it’s hard to think about anything else. What have I learned? I mean, besides how to operate a chain saw without severing an artery. That’s easy… People are uncommonly kind....
by Celia Rivenbark | Sep 10, 2018 | Weekly Column
I gave Trump the week off…Other things on my mind at the time….xxoo The woman standing at a crosswalk on campus didn’t notice me staring at her, thank goodness. I observe strangers a lot. On the interstate, I look at other drivers and construct elaborate...
