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Barry Saunders

Read Barry Saunders each Tuesday and Thursiday in the Metro section and Saturday on the Opinion page. He can be reached at 836-2811 or barry.saunders@newsobserver.com





Ill-gotten gains from Katrina

Isn't it wonderful that, as a nation, our priorities are where they should be?

Updated: Dec. 31, 2005 7:16 AM | Full story

That chill is in your wallet

The envelope lying on the desk mocks me every day, taunting me for being such a pantywaist.

Updated: Dec. 30, 2005 4:18 AM | Full story

Why we'll live with DWI law

Whew. Thank goodness the cop who chased me down after seeing me turn to elude a checkpoint was in a good mood.

Updated: Dec. 27, 2005 4:17 AM | Full story

Better a letter than ...

As the world's foremost authority on getting dumped, I have to ask: Whatever happened to the lost art of the 'Dear John' letter?

Updated: Dec. 23, 2005 4:18 AM | Full story

The Rev. Sharpton is calling

Trust me, you haven't lived until you've been verbally pimp-slapped by the Rev. Al Sharpton first thing Monday morning.

Updated: Dec. 20, 2005 9:40 PM | Full story

The Rev. Al is campaigning for a payday or two

Anyone who says there are no second acts in American lives obviously never met Al Sharpton. The Rev. Al seems intent upon proving that there can be second, possibly even third acts if you're willing to sell your integrity.

Updated: Dec. 10, 2005 4:32 AM | Full story

Death needs no judgment

The last thing Blair Leroy Coffman Jr. stole was an ambulance.

Updated: Dec. 9, 2005 4:37 AM | Full story

A movie on going too far

Christopher Martin knew he'd made a good movie when a man threatened to sue after seeing it.

Updated: Dec. 8, 2005 7:22 PM | Full story

Unbearable news for the national parks

The first thing you're going to do after reading this is grab a calendar and make sure this isn't April Fool's Day. That's what I did after hearing about the National Park Service's plan to start "recognizing" individual and corporate donors to the n

Updated: Dec. 3, 2005 4:32 AM | Full story

Put his ideals on a pedestal

Atop country music song of the 1970s was called "Heaven's Just a Sin Away."

Updated: Dec. 2, 2005 4:46 AM | Full story

Mayor's take on crime

As a leader seeking to let people know he's got the situation under control, Durham Mayor Bill Bell should study the collected works of former President Franklin Roosevelt.

Updated: Nov. 29, 2005 5:23 AM | Full story

Judging a job application, 20 years on

Judge Samuel Alito is an ideological hit man who can't wait to take a shot at women's right to an abortion.

Updated: Nov. 26, 2005 5:16 AM | Full story

No hope of second chances

Man, what is wrong with young people today? In recent weeks, we in the Triangle have read about the tragic, deadly turns taken by 20-somethings.

Updated: Nov. 25, 2005 5:18 AM | Full story

One bad night for mankind

So I'm sitting there trying to keep the next teardrop from falling while thinking of the four young men who were killed Saturday night -- and trying to figure out yet again how to defend Durham against the attacks we know are coming -- when a commercia

Updated: Nov. 22, 2005 5:18 AM | Full story

NCCU's perilous course

Is N.C. Central University getting above its raisin'? Yep. The school is abandoning the CIAA and moving up to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, where it will compete against bigger, better-known schools.

Updated: Nov. 18, 2005 5:24 AM | Full story

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