Pull My Frank

Francis Arthur Norton IV

"A lifetime of global observation grounded locally in the colloquialisms of central North Carolina"

Vol. XLVII • No. 2,847 • Siler City, North Carolina • • Price: Free (as in speech)
FRANK TALK
A map from 1920 North Carolina. The Economist measures the world. The map shows where it should be.

The problem with reading The Economist is you start thinking in graphs. The problem with living in Chatham County is you start thinking in stories. I recommend the stories. The graphs lie more often.

A barbershop in Key West, 1938. The razor and the red pencil. Both require a steady hand.

My barber in Siler City makes more sense than the entire New York Times editorial board. And he charges less for the haircut.

A crossroads in Monroe County, Alabama. Trust, before the lawyers arrived.

I read somewhere that Americans trust journalists less than they trust used car salesmen. In Chatham County, that's always been the case. But the car salesman never pretended to be objective.

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