http://www.ncnewsonline.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 15 May 2008 17:17:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_136170949.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_136170949.html Column Thu, 15 May 2008 16:29:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_136124250.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_136124250.html Column: American schools and students are among the best and the brightest in the world. Thu, 15 May 2008 11:22:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_135190242.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_135190242.html Parenting column: To be the most effective influence, it is important for parents to understand why teens are attracted to certain role models and what they can do to be a better role model for their teen. Thu, 15 May 2008 10:57:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_136102050.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_136102050.html Column: Ever witness two women snapping wet towels at each other? Wed, 14 May 2008 13:50:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_134201132.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_134201132.html The highlight of the Famous Missourians project was the big class assembly last Thursday evening, when the kids got to perform their biographical sketches, in character, for their parents. Wed, 14 May 2008 13:20:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_134215746.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_134215746.html Commencement speeches are not easy to give. Wed, 14 May 2008 13:02:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_135121005.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_135121005.html Not for a second do I think J.C. Penney is alone in its approach to global business or in the effort to “evoke the feeling of the classic American lifestyle” through the labor of southeast Asians whose daily pay might buy a specialty drink at Starbucks. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:39:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_134183756.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_134183756.html Usually I ignore the ultra-right conservative media because A) I have a real job and B) I’m normally in a good mood and don’t need a laughter fix.But this is too good to overlook. Tue, 13 May 2008 14:05:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_134093931.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_134093931.html Someone once said that the only thing Lamaze omits in its teaching is how to push, breathe and CUSS all at the same time. Tue, 13 May 2008 13:44:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_134093417.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_134093417.html Newsweek calls it the “Bubba Gap” — the paradoxical perception that the first African American presidential candidate, Barrack Obama is an elitist, who is out of touch with American voters. Tue, 13 May 2008 11:49:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_134103341.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_134103341.html Column Tue, 13 May 2008 11:07:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_134093835.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_134093835.html The effects didn’t take long to hit me. I started getting warm, and beads of sweat formed on my forehead. Tue, 13 May 2008 10:31:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/local_story_134103209.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/local_story_134103209.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:15:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_133120828.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_133120828.html As a guy pal once reminded me when basal cell surgery made my face look like I’d gone 10 rounds in a boxing ring, “Face wounds are one of the last things people are still totally sexist about.” Mon, 12 May 2008 11:16:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_130173034.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/columns/cnhinscolumns_story_130173034.html According to Red Cavaney, who is the head honcho with the Petroleum Institute, the big-time oil executives were beginning to sense that some folks were unhappy with them.