For use by Forum readers, the material below is about people who have provided material for use on this website. The listings are in alphabetical order by last name, and will vary in content. Where the people have provided contact information, that information will be included.
¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤
A
B
C
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) was a Roman philosopher and statesman of the Italian elite, active during the period of spreading turmoil that led to the Roman Empire. Cicero’s poetry may be known to moderns solely via Lorum Ipsum, the jumbled, nonsensical fragments from De finibus bonorum et malorum (“On the ends of good and evil”). Lorum Ipsum has been used since the 1980s as placeholder text in computer word processing programs. The first two words are the truncation of dolorem ipsum (“pain itself”).
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
Steve Johnston, a retired journalist, has been a Forum volunteer since 2003 and regularly contributes to this website. Born in Delaware and a graduate of that state’s public schools, he has lived in North Carolina since 1965 when he became a Duke student. He and his family have called Charlotte home since 1978. He can be reached by e-mail here.
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z