Tomorrow is E Day. The elections will be over. Thank God! The editorial board of the Wake Forest News got together this morning to write our election post on who we support. The vote was unanimous. This election has brought up a number of disturbing issues. The most pressing is people who the day before the election still say they ... Read More »
Now it will be interesting to see how many people comment on this article without reading it. The title certainly will bait the emotional responders rather than the careful readers. But it is time to talk about reporting news, bias, and context. Recently I changed the Wake Forest News Facebook feed, during this political season, to also include breaking political ... Read More »
This article contains my editorial and personal opinion. If you don’t like it, that’s your right. Before you wail away or dislike it, please read it. And for the record, I am a registered independent voter. I’m much more afraid of Donald Trump than the America I see in my many travels around the country or across Wake Forest. I’ve ... Read More »
Late yesterday a citizen committee in Wake Forest had amassed enough signatures to force a vote for Wake Forest to leave Wake County and become sovereign territory. There is no doubt that many residents object to the road expansion, new developments, new business moving into town, and more of a selection of places to eat. “Traffic sucks,” said Jermont Smith. ... Read More »
Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Christians entering Wake Forest until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on. According to Pew Research, among others, there is great hatred towards Muslim Americans by large segments of the Christian population. Most recently, a poll from the Center for Security Policy released data showing ... Read More »
So apparently I’ve been way in the dark about fingerboarding. But no more. It’s a thing and apparently a lot of kids are into it. Better than heroin but addictive as well. It’s been around since the mid-1960s when people created their own novelty 1:8 scale skateboards. If you want to know more, click here. Read More »
In an effort to make America great again the Donald Trump campaign grabbed media attention this morning when it beat others to the punch in a virtual public relations riot. The announcement caught many off guard and was totally unexpected in its greatness. The announced plan describes an effort to churn the American economy faster than any other country since ... Read More »
News out of Texas and Florida paints a picture of continued shark attacks. This follows a large number of shark nibbles of tourists on our North Carolina beaches this past summer. But Wake Forest has topped the list of tourist summer destinations as a safe place for people to visit without fear of being bitten by a shark. According to ... Read More »
It recently occurred to me that as Wake Forest continues its growth as a cultural destination and friendly artist community I wondered if people also considered Wake Forest to be friendly towards those who may be gay. Not quite sure how those two things came together but that’s the way my brain works sometimes. Wake Forest is the sleepiest ground ... Read More »
It’s that time of the year again. Football season is upon us. Hallelujah. This year Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) is hoping to make the playoffs. It’s been a rough couple of seasons, especially with having to play religious conference football games at the baseball field at J.B. Flaherty Park since they had no football field on campus. But with ... Read More »
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