Opinion

The madness of our ideological age

Julien Benda’s classic work, “Treason of the Intellectuals,” appeared on the scene in 1927 but now speaks presciently to those of us living a century later. Benda complained that intellectuals, theretofore neutral on issues of politics when speaking ex-cathedra, began favoring one side over the other and being led to embrace only those truths allowed by their...

Mark Herring
News

Comic Books Line Shelves of N.C. Libraries and Schools

RALEIGH — While the value or harm of comic books has been debated for decades, the genre has grown in acceptance among librarians and educators, and some libraries now host large collections of graphic novels, Japanese manga, and plain old American comics.

Hal Young

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