OPINION: Frank Gillispie and the origin of this newspaper

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Zach Mitcham
in Opinions
Monday, February 11. 2019
If your childhood ever involved creating a homemade “newspaper,” then you know something of what Frank Gillispie felt on Friday, Oct. 17, 1986 when he published his first issue of “The Dogsboro Journal” from his bedroom. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Viral wildfires in an age of rage

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in Opinions
Sunday, February 3. 2019
Can anyone construct a more viral scenario? [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Past time for action on prescription med pricing

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in Opinions
Saturday, January 26. 2019
Outside of those directly profiting from the sale, there’s not a Republican or Democrat in the United States who can be happy about a $600 EpiPen or $60,000 for a year’s supply of a life-saving drug. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: ‘Dog Man,’ silliness and the origin of language

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in Opinions
Sunday, January 20. 2019
Sometimes silliness gets on my nerves and I just want silence, but other times, I can’t help but give in and play a fool. It depends on the mood. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Federal shutdown seems symbolically appropriate

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in Opinions
Tuesday, January 8. 2019
The federal government shutdown seems like a fitting symbolic end to 2018 and birth of a new year — at least in terms of our national political state of being.
We are culturally gridlocked. So why not have a government that reflects our true national dysfunction?
[Full Story »] 

OPINION: Christmas and our active imaginations

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in Opinions
Monday, December 31. 2018
By now, whatever last-minute, dumb gift I bought has been opened. And the mounds of paper have been crammed into trash bags. The Christmas gift bags are packed away to be reused next year. And my thumb is probably bandaged from some scissor injury with formidable toy packaging. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Thanksgiving — the wise, adult sibling in the holiday family

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in Opinions
Monday, November 26. 2018
If our holidays were an extended family, Christmas would be the children. The kids take all the energy, expense, time. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Abortion — a hugely complex and emotional issue

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in Opinions
Sunday, November 18. 2018
With the power shift to the right at the Supreme Court level, it seems likely that abortion will be a huge national issue in 2019 as Roe vs. Wade is tested. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Hey you, don’t make me wake snakes

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in Opinions
Monday, November 12. 2018
Our phrases come and go, just like our fads. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: What voting means beyond the candidates

Posted by
Zach Mitcham
in Opinions
Tuesday, November 6. 2018
Debate club seems like a cool concept. Arguing can be fun if done a certain way. But modern American politics feels like the opposite of high school debate teams trying to dress nicely and civilly joust at a podium over topics of the day. Nah, our national debate club has gone WWF. It’s sort of like a big blur of broken chair legs and jail-made knives, with slurs and shouts filling the air. [Full Story »] 
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