Opinion Writing

 a.) Earlier this morning, Jesse James was caught trying to fulfill his family's legacy. Not Jesse James, the famous outlaw from the old Westerns. This was his great-great nephew, Jesse James.  James was trying to "finish the job" that his great-great uncle started nearly 100 years ago, trying to leave the First Fidelity Bank with $20,000. b.) Picture this: it's a warm March day. 88 degrees, the sun is shining and the smell of sunscreen permeates the air. People are roller skating at the City University and convertibles are driving around with the top down.  Plot twist: you're in the Midwest, and exactly a year ago on the same day, it was 33 degrees.  There has never been a March 22 that has been as warm as this one. Joining the city in its little heat wave were Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Des Moines. Temperatures are supposed to hit the low 70s today, but the sun will still be peeking through.  c.) Would you like to swim with angelfish or tan with iguanas? What ...

The highest attendance for a men's sporting event was 199,854 people for a World Cup match between Brazil and Uruguay in 1950.  The highest attendance for a women's sporting event was 92,000 people at a volleyball game at the University of Nebraska in 2023.  The difference in attendance is staggering, almost a 100,000 person difference.  That is almost a 75 year difference between those two games and the highest attendance for women is still less than half of the highest attendance for men.  For years, the argument about the validity and popularity of women's sports has been a steady uphill battle. No matter what records they set or how many wins a team earns, women's sports will never be supported like men's sports are. According to Play Today, 66% of U.S. sports fans watch more men's sports while only 3% consume more women's sports.  This isn't because there is a unbalanced ratio of men's to women's sports fans. There are as many female sports ...

Beginning construction early this summer, the city of Greensboro's Affordable Housing Management plans to create 16 new affordable apartment units for households "at or below 30% and 50% of Guilford County's median income. These units are for people and / or households who are or are at risk of experiencing homelessness in the Greensboro area.  In Greensboro, on any given night, there are 657 people experiencing homelessness according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness.  The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency approved $43 million in funds for developing these new apartments to try and reduce homelessness. Along with the development being built in Greensboro, there are 11 more being built over the state in places like Wilmington, Fayetteville and Sanford (North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, 2023). In theory, this sounds like a solid plan to combat homelessness in a busy city. In reality, there is a lot more that goes into these decisions that not everyone is...