Triad Today

When attorney David Daggett commits to something he goes all in, whether it’s a commitment to family, clients, or athletics. His exploits as an Iron Man competitor are legendary, and so is his support for numerous charities and organizations, ranging from the Down Syndrome Association to his signature Safe Sober initiative, now in its 35th year. […]

As sometimes happens, two seemingly unrelated news stories get reported on the same day, yet when taken together they are revealed to have a lot in common. That’s what happened last week when we finally got to see Jack Smith’s report on his derailed prosecution of Donald Trump, while concurrently we learned about a Forsyth […]

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for interstate commerce, but for the life of me I can’t understand why, when it comes to trade between North Carolina and Virginia, it always has to be a one-way highway. During Prohibition, for example, North Carolinians had to drive across the state line to buy liquor. Later in the […]

2024 will most be remembered for the political comeback of Donald Trump, facilitated by the votes of 77 million Americans who forgot that his insurrection killed several police officers and injured hundreds more. They also forgot about his 32 felony convictions. In short, 2024 was all about how we as a society forgive and forget […]

As we celebrate this holiday season, let’s not forget that there are people beyond our immediate circle of family and friends who are suffering, and could benefit from our love and generosity. Over the past decade, I’ve been able to showcase scores of community organizations on my Triad Today television show, and in the process, […]

No one knows who first opined about second chances, but African author Lailah Gifty Akita said it best when she wrote, “We all make mistakes, everybody should be given a second chance.” It’s hard to argue with that sentiment, at least in theory. For example, if someone who is struggling to support his family robs […]

Presidents are only human, so they make mistakes. No, I’m not talking about Bill Clinton hooking up with Monica Lewinski, or Joe Biden once saying there are 54 states in the Union. I’m talking about John Kennedy, and how he misread history, unintentionally insulted the Commonwealth of Virginia, and was compelled to make amends. The […]

If you drive the get-away car for a bank robber, you are considered to be an accomplice because you aided and abetted the robber. That means you face the same liability and culpability as your friend who physically entered the bank and robbed it, and, likely as not, you will face the same punishment. Last […]

Candidates for Governor and State Superintendent of Public Instruction will be interviewed on a special voter education edition of Triad Today this weekend. Appearing during the half hour will be Democrat Mo Green and Republican Michele Morrow who are running to become North Carolina’s next Superintendent of Public Instruction. Morrow is a registered nurse with over […]

According to a WRAL-TV poll from early September, Attorney General Josh Stein and Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson were locked in a virtual tie to become the state’s next governor. But a not-so-funny thing happened on the way to the election. Stein saturated the airwaves with anti-Robinson ads, some of which took Mark’s words out of […]

Over the past five decades, I’ve always tried not to use my television shows or columns to address a personal grievance. That would be self-serving. Besides, nobody wants to hear about my problems anyway. There is, of course, an exception to this rule. If I have a problem that also affects thousands of people, then […]

When first arriving in New York City as a struggling actress, Mary McCormack accepted a strange part in a strange play: “It was a musical in a tiny theatre near Columbia University. The show sucked and I still don’t know what it was about, but it ended with me in a chair, dead, with a […]