Plead the First

Seymour Hardy Floyd is blogging again after a long absence. If you have any interest in what’s going on locally in the Greensboro area, you need to read Hardy’s thoughtful take on matters. Check out Seymour’s Purple Mind II.

From the Duke University website, on Friday July 20 (emphasis added): By now many of you have read news accounts around iPhones and Duke’s wireless network … Cisco worked closely with Duke and Apple to identify the source of this problem, which was caused by a Cisco-based network issue. Three days later, on Monday July […]

Update, October 2014: I’m removing this cartoon. After witnessing the mess in Ferguson this summer, and the discussions surrounding it, I don’t feel I can stand behind it any longer. The intentions behind it were good, but that doesn’t mean that I was right. There’s a lot more to issues around race than I had […]

A bit oversimplified, as he admits, but it’s an interesting argument. He addresses some criticisms here, here, and here. (Via The Talent Show)

My photo of the Fourth of July fireworks in Kernersville was selected as this week’s Picture of the Week for WUNC’s The State of Things on North Carolina Public Radio. Finding that out was a nice way to start the week! Speaking of photos, the photoset for my recent southwest vacation is coming along slowly […]

From this Wednesday’s Fourth of July festivities in Kernersville.

… because our city council is about to fight a losing battle: Mike Pugh got a standing ovation even before he finished telling the gathering for the “In Jesus’ Name” prayer rally Saturday that he is willing to take the fight to invoke the name of Jesus in opening City Council meetings all the way […]