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...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 6, 2019 | Weekly Column
I’m not sure if “Jeopardy!” brainbot James Holzhauer is politically inclined but I’m recruiting him to run against Trump in 2020 because I don’t think it’s possible for James to lose to anyone. We can work on his annoyingly...
