Read this. And weep.

The New York Times carries this story about Ryan Hoffman, a former University of North Carolina lineman who is now living on the streets in Florida. The story makes much of the fact that football may have injured Hoffman, and set him on the road to homelessness, and that’s a damn shame. But I took …

Come be a part of something bigger than you

There’s a candlelight vigil from 6 to 7 p.m. today on the north side of the State Capitol (the side facing Bushnell Park) for Deah Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, the three University of North Carolina students who were shot and killed last week in their home …