Thomas Goldsmith

Dec 4, 2023 | northcarolinahealthnews.org | Thomas Goldsmith

By Thomas Goldsmith Good-hearted North Carolinians, many of them older people who are beseeched daily by charities for donations, can find reams of helpful state-compiled information on professional agencies and businesses that solicit for nonprofits. Before letting warm impulses separate you from your cold cash, it’s a good idea to consult sources such as the annual report from the Charitable Solicitation Licensing Division of the Secretary of State’s office.

Sep 28, 2023 | mlk50.com | Thomas Goldsmith

Memphis resident Sylvester Arthur Tucker, 75, was placed in the conservatorship of his daughter Elicce Tucker, by Judge Robert Benham in 2005. A year earlier, the same justice handled the conservatorship case of former football player Michael Oher brought by Sean and Leanne Tuohy. That’s where the similarities between the cases end.

Sep 28, 2023 | thebluegrasssituation.com | Thomas Goldsmith |Justin Hiltner

“He was exceedingly cool and easy,” long-time Bill Monroe bassist Mark Hembree remembers about Willie Nelson’s presence at a 1983 recording session where Nelson sang and played with Monroe. “I never had a say in Bill’s mixes, but they had Willie’s guitar way up and as we listened to playback he mentioned it, then turned and asked what I thought,” Hembree wrote in a recent exchange of messages.

Sep 5, 2023 | cityviewnc.com | Thomas Goldsmith |Woody Brinson

We had quite a few early delegates who were former legislators, people who knew the political system. And some of them were county commissioners and had a political background.

Aug 30, 2023 | northcarolinahealthnews.org | Thomas Goldsmith

As state-designated advocates for North Carolina’s older people, the Senior Tar Heel Legislature has a 30-year history of advocacy — and relatively limited clout in recent times. Now its leaders are working to become a more aggressive, diverse force for change in legislative sessions to come. The General Assembly created the body in July 1993 with the passage of a bill sponsored by then-Sen. Beverly Perdue, later an aging-friendly North Carolina governor.