John Nagy

September is an exciting time on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

Two important things happened last month while I was out of the country. On Sept. 17, The Pilot held its annual Best of the Pines awards party at the Fair Barn.

For a holiday with gratitude at its core, why is Thanksgiving such a stressful, thankless day? Is it because we’re still hopped up from the candied crush of Halloween?

For all the hustle of the holiday season, it’s also easy to get nostalgic. The magic of all the lights and decorations and music and good cheer have

Newspapers can be pretty beholden to the rhythm of their traditions, especially around the holidays.

Happy New Year. As of three days ago, it is also a new decade for me. Turning 60 once seemed distant, but then so did turning 50.

“In my dream I was drowning my sorrows, but my sorrows they learned to swim.” — U2

Michael Lewis is one of the better nonfiction writers out there, the kind of author who can take a deep dive into a subject, explore its multiple facets and explain the complex in a way one can understand.

My life, these days, is one big search to find and consume a sufficient amount of protein.

Artificial intelligence may be driving the stock market and enriching investment portfolios these days, but its growing prominence across life is sounding wide discordant notes across the landscape.