Their hides may be slathered in bluster, but the interior of a TV station live truck has al the charms of a bus station urinal. I should know. I’ve done more time inside these rolling dumpsters than I have in church and while my soul may…

Their hides may be slathered in bluster, but the interior of a TV station live truck has al the charms of a bus station urinal. I should know. I’ve done more time inside these rolling dumpsters than I have in church and while my soul may…

As a proud North Carolinian, it’s pleased me to no end watching Andy Griffith get his due. Around here, he’s kinda like … Shakespeare. I was lucky enough to meet him in 2002, at the dedication of the Andy and Opie statue in Raleigh’s Pullen Park. It …

As a proud North Carolinian, it’s pleased me to no end watching Andy Griffith get his due. Around here, he’s kinda like … Shakespeare. I was lucky enough to meet him in 2002, at the dedication of the Andy and Opie statue in Raleigh’s Pullen Park. It …

As a proud North Carolinian, it’s pleased me to no end watching Andy Griffith get his due. Around here, he’s kinda like … Shakespeare. I was lucky enough to meet him in 2002, at the dedication of the Andy and Opie statue in Raleigh’s Pullen Park. It …

Bag enough happenstance and you quickly forget to care. It’s not a conscious decision, mind you, but a defensive reflex: a way TV news photogs and other such third responders cope with the constant barrage of froth and atrocity. Most of us aren’t as ca…

Bag enough happenstance and you quickly forget to care. It’s not a conscious decision, mind you, but a defensive reflex: a way TV news photogs and other such third responders cope with the constant barrage of froth and atrocity. Most of us aren’t as ca…