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“Many of us believe that wrongs aren't wrong if they’re done by nice people like ourselves.”-author unknown I can tolerate a liar more than I can tolerate a hypocrite. People lie all of the time, so

Okay, this is not going to be very pretty. When I refer to the ‘n’ word, I’m pretty confident that most of you know what word I’m referring to, so let me jump straight into it. A few weeks back I wa

After three months of working for the News Herald, I have finally found a regular lunch spot. I will refrain from saying what eatery it is that has caught my fancy, but I will say this; in this heat,

On many occasions I receive e-mails or phone calls telling me how brave I am to address certain topics in public. While I do appreciate the sentiment, my feeling is that I am not necessarily courageou

First published in the Roanoke Chowan News Herald, March 2006 "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and incur my own abh

No greater lover of beauty than I I beseech thee, allow me an ear "Art is suffering" My heels bear the blackened scars of countless tours thru purgatory This conspiracy against my very essence, is

Who is the hero now? As soon as I heard about Tim Hardaway's comments about gay people, I immediatly knew that brother was in for hell in a handbasket. While we do have the right to free speech in

Thanks for the response Hulda! I always have a problem when the answer to a question of Christianity is centered on an assertion made in the Bible. The problem of course being, for people who vi

Now that the holiday is over Some concluding thoughts now that Black History Month has come and gone. Last week a beautiful young lady caught up with me in MugShotz and told me that she was so h

By Curly Morris Monday, March 26, 2007 9:17 PM CDT I know a guy who has lived a weird life. When he was in elementary school he received several dozen state writing awards and was toute

Of all of the topics I have addressed in my columns, this one will surely create the most enemies for me. I bet however, this is the topic I will get the least amount of response from, and I'll exp

This article first appeared in the Roanoke Chowan news Herald on May1, 2007 "We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by." Will Rogers I

John McCain is our next president!!! The Republican Party is about to win the White House again, this time with an even lamer candidate than the buffoon that has occupied the office of President

Just an image I uploaded on Fri Aug 8th, 2008 at 4:16PM... What do you think?