by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 26, 2019 | Weekly Column
At first, I thought it was an aberration, just a good friend trying to make life easier for me after a festive birthday dinner. Her tone was firm, leaving no room for even a mouse-squeak of a protest. “Don’t write me a thank you note; it’s...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 19, 2019 | Weekly Column
OK, somebody get the paddles and plant ’em on Uncle Joe’s bird-boned chest and yell “CLEAR!!!” Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden needs a serious reboot after last week. Although eloquent in a lofty anti-bigotry speech early on, the...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 12, 2019 | Weekly Column
In these terrible times we must cling to things that restore joy to our world-weary souls…visiting a waterfall, picking daisies in a meadow with a giggling grandchild, sharing a banana split with a sweetheart, watching Mitch McConnell’s jaw clench til his...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 5, 2019 | Weekly Column
My friend shook her head slowly when I asked if she had noticed –then again, how could she not? – Chris Matthews seems to have a stubborn chest cold because he has been coughing a lot more on TV than usual, which, as I reminded her, was already plenty annoying. I...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 29, 2019 | Weekly Column
There’s so much to love about my native Eastern North Carolina. Driving through the sweet “dog tongue” flower-scented countryside to Greenville recently reminded me why the area’s most famous cheerleader– internationally respected...
