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Barry Saunders

Read Barry Saunders each Tuesday and Thursday in the Metro section and Saturday on the Opinion page. He can be reached at (919) 836-2811 or barry.saunders@newsobserver.com





Living off death of a store

This is not how Jerry Crutsfield saw his life unfolding. He had no sign.

Updated: Jul. 2, 2009 5:58 AM | Full story

Child's race not the issue

It's the gays, no doubt about it. No, wait. It's those darned communal-living enclaves. Scratch that. It's Duke University and President Obama. That's who done it. Predictably irrational responses from the usual Internet riffraff.

Updated: Jun. 30, 2009 5:57 AM | Full story

Easy as Thanksgiving pie

On a classic episode of "Sanford & Son," Lamont was trying to persuade his father, Fred, to give up smoking.

Updated: Jun. 27, 2009 5:04 AM | Full story

Disclose Dino's despoilers

What's that you say, Fred? Who killed Dino?

Updated: Jun. 25, 2009 5:45 AM | Full story

Death to the dwotters

If it weren't for that little misunderstanding several years ago with the female undercover police officer in Atlanta -- the one standing on the corner in hot pants at 2 a.m.

Updated: Jun. 22, 2009 11:23 PM | Full story

The joke's on them

Saunders:Late-night talk show host David Letterman was forced to issue a mea culpa to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her daughter Willow after targeting the pair with gutter humor during one of his monologues this week.

Updated: Jun. 13, 2009 4:59 AM | Full story

ConAgra family grieves

Saunders:Like veterans of a particularly gruesome battle or some other traumatic event, they came, sorrow etched in their faces.

Updated: Jun. 11, 2009 10:15 AM | Full story

Laettner aplomb unshaken

Saunders:Got some bad news for Duke basketball haters out there -- and there is, admittedly, no greater hater of Duke hoops than I.

Updated: Jun. 9, 2009 5:22 AM | Full story

Missing a brain in head case

Saunders:"Hey, wait a minute. We're supposed to be the ones with the little brains, right?"

Updated: Jun. 6, 2009 7:07 AM | Full story

This gang builds character

Saunders:Everyone wants to keep kids out of gangs, right?

Updated: Jun. 4, 2009 6:22 AM | Full story

Have you seen Fowler?

Saunders:Yo, Fowler. Where are you, man? Somebody's looking for you.

Updated: Jun. 2, 2009 5:52 AM | Full story

It's the same old story

Saunders:Heck, I'd have done the same thing myself.

Updated: May. 30, 2009 6:16 AM | Full story

Shoulda walked it off, Tom

Saunders:Hmm, the man is over 50, unmarried, loves tennis and often hums the tune "I Feel Pretty" from the Broadway musical "West Side Story" while jogging.

Updated: May. 28, 2009 9:08 AM | Full story

Drop the pork, and run away

Saunders:Hey, sisterwoman. Put down the rib. Now walk away verrrry slowly.

Updated: May. 26, 2009 4:56 AM | Full story

Artist, interrupted

Saunders:As an artist, Vita Jones is single-minded, blissfully spending 14 to 16 hours a day, five days a week, at the easel.

Updated: May. 22, 2009 6:01 PM | Full story

Easley pals drop like flies

Saunders:And another one bites the dust.

Updated: May. 21, 2009 8:21 AM | Full story

.38 slug can chill romance

Saunders:I got off lucky. Kristel K. Rider only told me to go to hell. She may have tried to send her boyfriend there.

Updated: May. 19, 2009 8:58 AM | Full story

They have a lucrative dream

saunders:Yo, Doc. You reckon you might want to rethink that whole "content of their character" thing?

Updated: May. 16, 2009 5:25 AM | Full story

Got a brand new bag

Saunders:By a show of hands, who has ever laughed at the people you see bringing their own canvas shopping bags to the grocery store?

Updated: May. 14, 2009 5:35 AM | Full story

Give ex-cons a chance

Saunders:If you're someone who actually has a life, you won't remember dialogue from the first episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies."

Updated: May. 12, 2009 7:39 AM | Full story

Tired gun argument takes a hit

Saunders:Aw man, this could be bad news.

Updated: May. 8, 2009 4:42 PM | Full story

Visiting Wal-Mart incognito

What's that, you say? Save the mask? Don't throw away the fake beard?

Updated: May. 7, 2009 5:34 AM | Full story

His gripe is a bit irregular

With friends like Eric Rudolph, the Olympic Centennial Park bomber, who needs enemas?

Updated: May. 4, 2009 11:51 PM | Full story

In politics, they're feverish about flu

Man, that's a whole lot of wasted chitlins.

Updated: May. 1, 2009 4:13 PM | Full story

Wal-Mart spreads the green

OK, maybe we can now lose the fake beards, masks and other disguises. Gee, some of us may even be able to enter Wal-Mart in the daytime again.

Updated: Apr. 29, 2009 11:22 PM | Full story

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