Welcome to Small-Town North Carolina, Where Elections Come With Encores

<![CDATA[The longer I live in small-town North Carolina, the more endearing it becomes. My kids can be their natural feral selves and run around the neighborhood without fear of vehicles racing down the street, vagrants milling about, or used needles sporadically gleaming in the curbside clutter. We moved here after a two-year joint duty assignment in Tampa, Fla. ]]>