I look over and see my neighbor, an older woman who lives about five houses down, walk down to the mailbox and fall face first onto her lawn.

Before I interviewed here, I had been away from Greensboro for quite some time and had not read the paper. One week in I was offered a chance to write a staff column that is usually rotated between all employees. So what do I write about?

Sorensen's primary opponents, Matthew Shelton and Jim Painter, have failed to clearly articulate their reasons for getting into the city council race. Sorensen's base of support, especially in the northernmost part of the Northwest Ward, could make him a tough challenger for Democratic incumbent Wanda Merschel on Nov.

The debate appears to be all but over on healthcare reform. As of this writing, it's been a week since the Obama administration signaled its willingness to abandon the public option. It will be a miracle if any significant legislation emerges from this session; in any case, the anti-reform forces have seized control of the public discourse.

Throughout my college career I developed a suspicion that my advisors were conspiring against me to eliminate any possibility for beach trips or tanning time. Convinced that spending the summer months inside a classroom would most certainly cause a Vitamin D deficiency, I was forced to seek alternatives.

When we first met I slowly learned that he was a fan of just about every comic-book character ever created. As time went on it was established that if a comic-book film came out we would be at the theater to see it, even if he didn't particularly care for the comic associated with it.

No one commands a room quite like President Obama. The president's brilliance as a speaker and statesman was on full display during his visit to Raleigh's Broughton High School last week to promote his reform plan for America's health care system.

A number of currents are taking shape within the Greensboro electorate as municipal elections approach. High Point resident Keith Brown, who has his finger on the pulse of Greensboro politics - anyone who doubts it should review his role in developers and philanthropists.

Like great kabuki theatre, watching it was a chance to step outside our normal reality for an entire day of singing, dancing, breathtaking feats of oratorical demagoguery and Sotomayor's

My heart started to race and I couldnt catch my breath. This cant be happening again, not twice in one week! I thought. Itll pass itll pass itll pass. What I thought was a simple case of acid reflux turned out to be much more serious. Normally, if Ive had too much coffee come out.