Jean Bolduc

This Just In – We don’t need a presidential proclamation – especially not from this guy – to make it Black History Month.

This Just In – The Super Bowl as an artistic forum did not disappoint.

This Just In – It is a sweet, quiet thing to have a few inches of snow fall when your power is on, the fridge is stocked and if you had planned to be somewhere, you can reschedule. It’s like a mandatory moment of Zen … if you have that luxury.

This Just In – Another Black History Month is in the books, despite the wishes of the current president.

This Just In – When I typed in the title for this column, my computer reacted. “Word (Not Responding)” It’s a shock, I know.

This Just In – It’s no surprise that as we age, we lose some of our faculties. We don’t see as well. Our balance can be a little dicey and, of course, we lose some hearing.

This Just In – Like being yanked back away from an oncoming bus and certain death, we can all cite examples of a split-second moment that changed someone’s life forever. An unintended movement. A twitch … or simply a mistake.

If you have paid the slightest amount of attention to the cost of housing in our community since the turn of the century, you certainly know that along with the well documented affluence of Orange County comes the problem of affordability.

This Just In – Are you on the Griffin List? In a political year that has set a new low for crazy stuff we have to wonder about now, in North Carolina, we have to wonder … am I on the so-called Griffin List?

It’s the time of year when optimism is the order of the day … hope springs eternal, right? This year, however, we are watching tyranny unfold originating from the Oval Office … previously associated with safety, reverence and the deeply American faith in the rule of law.