“There are no absolutes,” “Everything is relative,” and “We cannot know the truth” are all presented as truth statements – but not a single one of these statements is true. Each one stands on the shifting sands of illogic and foolishness.
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Why is happy so healthy?
Studies also abound that support optimism, positivity, and resilience as having health benefits like lower blood pressure, less heart disease, better weight control, and healthier blood sugar levels.
Reece Gardner: Six Constitutional Amendments
Six Constitutional Amendments have now been approved by the General Assembly and are slated to appear on the ballot in November. Here are the details:
Jon Dawson: Feeling blessed after Florence and a way to help
If you’d like to help with the recovery effort, local nonprofit KARE (Kinston Area Recovery Efforts) will be accepting donations at Fairfield Recreation Center on Sept. 17,
Grifton is out of the water...for now
Irvin Harper performs first aid at the Grifton EMS station.
Updates on Southern Pitt, Greene, and Northern Lenoir Counties
Kinston and Hugo firemen help to remove a tree from a house on Cameron Hardison Rd in Hugo.
Reece Gardner: You are as young as your faith and as old as your doubt
Most people have failed at SOMETHING over the years, but some of them begin to think that they are just not capable of doing a certain thing, and so they accept failure. The truth is we can do most anything we set our hearts and minds to do, and face life's situations in a realistic way.
Jon Dawson: Local church's barbecue sauce ends fight
So how good is the Hickory Grove United Methodist Church barbecue sauce? Jon Dawson lets you know in his latest column.
Cooking with Tammy Kelly: Apple picking time
September is the prime apple-picking season at North Carolina orchards. The largest North Carolina crops come from Henderson County, just outside of Asheville, and include Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Rome Beauty and sweet Gala varieties.
John Nix: Hemp and CBD; there's more to the story
Local businessman John Nix continues his series on legal hemp production in Lenoir County and in North Carolina.
Jane Phillips: The death of Lt. John Slade Gatlin, MD
Jane Phillips continues her series on the people who once walked the streets of Kinston. On your next trip to Disney World and while in Orlando travel down Gatlin Avenue. The street was named for a Kinston native and this is his story.
Reece Gardner: Does God still answer our prayers?
Reece Gardner shares a story about answered prayers.
Sitting, sleeping and standing deemed health risks
Empires have been built upon the narrative that we should all be eating kale, buying watches that tell us how many steps to take per day, and sitting on balance ball chairs at our desks. If sitting on a giant beach ball at work isn't your thing, you can now buy an adjustable desk that will allow you to stand while doing paperwork - but don't stand for too long, because that's not healthy either.
Cooking with Tammy Kelly: Celebrate the Mighty Muscadine
If you are from Eastern North Carolina, you’re probably familiar with Muscadine grapes. They’re the large, round, thick-skinned fruits that are often transformed into sweet wines and jellies. They are considered “the grape of choice in the South,” according to many Muscadine producers and processors.
Bryan Hanks: It was 'back to the future' for Rowe, Patriots Friday night
Yes, ‘real’ football is played at Arendell Parrott Academy — whether it’s 8-man or 11-man.
Dr. Escabi: The patient-doctor team is a patient-doctor relationship
The real enemy needs to be the illness.
Jane Phillips: Meet Maxwell Becton, entrepreneur
The first 50 Years of Becton-Dickerson brought conservative and steady growth. It was a family-run business with the sons of both men working for the company. The enterprise entered the affluent postwar years with a solid market share in medical supplies and was well prepared for a major expansion.
Smith: Week 3 and everyone's back to school
Junious Smith III breaks down the Week 3 match-ups for football games scheduled for Thursday and Friday.
Mike Parker: Civility is a key element in self-government
We have drifted a long way from the days of George Orwell, who said: “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
Reece Gardner: An orderly society
Columnist Marc Thiessen recently pointed out nonstop over-the-top attacks are pushing people further into the president's camp.