So these girls set out to raise money washing cars in the parking lot of a gas station. And they’re out there on Saturdays with their towels and their buckets and everything goes good. Then some columnist at The News & Observer finds out the girls are wearing bathing suits, and not just bathing suits […]
Melinda Ruley
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Bottoms up
Early this month, Durham city officials announced they were considering a proposal to bottle and sell the city’s tap water. To me, this is like the village of Chernobyl deciding to market its topsoil. Still, the folks down at City Hall are excited about the idea, which floated to the surface after Durham won first […]
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Free wheelin’
Seventeen years old and Wonder-Bread white, Jeremy sits on his all-terrain vehicle like Roy Rogers with bad skin. His hands are huge and calloused, but he still has the loose-hung joints and draped indolence of a teenager. He wears a limp NASCAR T-shirt. Jeremy and his girlfriend, Dawn, have been out riding all morning; they […]
