Listening to the news recently, I learned that cruise-ship travelers and those American citizens reentering the United States must now have a passport, birth certificate and identification with them. The possible due date of May 2008 for a national ID card brought to mind my mother’s old trunk from Germany. Rummaging around, I found what … Read more
Vise 1 has clearly done a lot of graffiti in his day, and his name is emblazoned on various surfaces in major cities across the country. Exactly where he won’t say, but since he especially likes to write on trains, he’ll tell you that his art can be seen “everywhere” as it travels the rails. … Read more
The lion was big; that much was clear. He stood off about 200 yards in a scour between miles of unbroken savanna, tawny from the season’s drought. A fair breeze lifted the big cat’s mane. His nostrils flared, straining to catch a scent. Bill Fuchs and his wife, Linda, had come to Tanzania with their … Read more
On Feb. 14, women on campuses around the country will be celebrating “V-Day.” To the uninitiated, this might sound like an abbreviation for Valentine’s Day. But to “vagina warriors” at more than 1,000 universities in the United States, it stands for “Victory, Valentine and Vagina.” UNCA is one of 19 universities in the state, including … Read more
AARP Tax-Aide is the nation’s largest volunteer-run tax counseling and preparation service available free of charge to seniors and other low- and middle-income taxpayers. In 2007, 30 volunteers, who were trained in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service and the North Carolina Department of Revenue, helped more than 1,500 taxpayers file their federal and state … Read more
