Commentaries

The old adage suggests if you want a job done right, you have to do it yourself. But, there are other ways to get the same result. Commentator Philip Gerard's father found if you can make someone else do the job, over and over again, even perfection is a possibility. 

Commentaries here on WHQR.org don't necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Public Radio, its editorial staff, or its members. 

We turn on taps and it appears, jump into sparkling pools and it catches us. Too little can dry us into husks and too much can drown us. Water--life on Earth simply would not be without it, yet Commentator Andy Wood suggests we think too little of one of our most precious resources. In this commentary, he helps us get more familiar with that essential liquid and challenges us to learn more. 

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As the coordinator of the Bachelor of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing at UNCW, Tim Bass constantly has the unexpected thrown his way. But there is one constant he can look forward to every afternoon. Today, as our featured community commentator, he shares his favorite lunch with us, with a special visit from The King of Rock and Roll himself. 

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Commentaries here on WHQR.org don't necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Public Radio, its editorial staff, or its members. 

As a former teacher and principal, Maryann Nunnally is no stranger to the classroom. Yet, what she finds in the schools where she tutors at-risk children can still be shocking. She shares some of those moments with us as our featured community commentator. 

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Commentaries here on WHQR.org don't necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Radio, its editorial staff, or its members.