by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 15, 2019 | Weekly Column
I don’t blame black folk for thinking we’ve lost our minds. The recent noisy—and racist– outrage over the casting of a young African American actress as Ariel in the new live-action version of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 8, 2019 | Weekly Column
Think of the Trump/Kim bromance as the updated version of “An Affair to Remember” and “Sleepless in Seattle.” In “Trump and Kim: An Affair That Makes Us Lose Sleep,” Trump puts it all on the line. (The updated part is he...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 1, 2019 | Weekly Column
Are y’all as excited as I am to learn that Facebook is getting into the global banking business? I mean, what could possibly go wrong? Hmmmm. Is this the same Facebook that let hundreds of Russian trolls come on in and set a spell, wreaking havoc with...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 24, 2019 | Weekly Column
Oh, dear. It sounds as if someone isn’t planning to “be best.” President Trump just announced he will “live tweet” the Democratic Party’s first candidates’ debate on Thursday. I’m imagining this isn’t going...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 17, 2019 | Weekly Column
OK, kittens, let’s take a break from the WWE sport that is partisan politics just for today and go for a nice hike. What could go wrong? Apparently near ’bout everything if you’ve been following News of the Physically Fit lately....
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 10, 2019 | Weekly Column
“I love to sleep…it’s my favorite.”—Famous Oval Office visitor and presidential aspirant Kanye West. If you doubt things are getting more stressful in the nation’s capital, consider this country mouse saw her very first “nap...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 3, 2019 | Weekly Column
Lately, I’ve been pondering what it means to be a North Carolinian. As in Tar Heel born (in a doctor’s office, no less), Tar Heel bred (never lived more than 37 miles from home, just like Jesus) and, yes, like the song says, when I die, I’ll be...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 27, 2019 | Weekly Column
Nearly 75 percent of Americans– men and women—say they don’t want Roe v. Wade overturned. So how did we get here? How did we get to this place where Chinese factories are working overtime to make those white-bonneted, blood-red...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 20, 2019 | Weekly Column
Although I almost hate to write this out loud, it’s time to tell “the others” the truth: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is just messin’ with you. I hate to tell you because it’s hilarious when y’all get all high horsey about how...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 13, 2019 | Weekly Column
I was reading the comments attached to a news story about public school teachers staging a rally in my home state of North Carolina (“Come for the No. 34 ranking in nationwide teacher pay; stay for the barbecue”) when it hit me: People really are...
