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In honor of all the women of the 8th Congressional district, and in celebration of the Women’s History Month, I want to tell you a little bit about some of what I’ve done to address women’s issues ...
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EDITORIALS
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The election season is upon us, and with it comes new challenges and dilemmas for maintaining the most balanced coverage we can manage. This week, an election season submission led us into deep ...
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It’s not a matter of if the next wave of H1N1 virus will resurface, it’s simply a matter of when, according to Tommy Jarrell, the Richmond County health director. Yet to date perhaps only one in 1...
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Last year, when Gov. Perdue selected Keith Crisco from Asheboro to serve as Secretary of Commerce in her cabinet, we had to admit that he was not exactly a household name in most of North Carolina....
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As many of you know, protecting our seniors is one of my top priorities. I have expressed my concerns about strengthening Medicare and taking care of our seniors many times in this column. Recent...
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From The Daily Reflector of Greenville, Sept. 22 Supporters had high hopes for N.C. Rep. Ty Harrell when he won election to the General Assembly from District 41, near Cary, in 2006. Those are gon...
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From the Wilmington Star News, Sept. 21 A few illegal immigrants might be able to enroll in North Carolina community colleges next year – if there is room, and if they can come up with the $7,700 ...
LETTERS
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I don’t know why people are complaining so much about today’s drivers. I find it very easy to lay down in my drivers seat, get in the left lane, drive slower than the right lane, while eating my ...
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Why do we care where the D.A. lives or educates his kids at as long as he is doing his job? We never question the living address of the head of the county commission, or where his daughter was ...
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The health care reform debate has progressed to the level of boredom. The mere mention of the phrase sends people into a verbal frenzy. The problems I have with this response is their narrow sc...
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The Obama Administration cannot seem to grasp the meaning of the word “No.” This administration has an avid appetite for power and control and health care is a good place to begin. America...
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Dear Editor, The number of veterans residing in Richmond County and surrounding communities is growing. Those veterans who are 65 and older are feeling the “strings of the purse” tightening and ...
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I have been quiet for awhile now after the two letters I wrote to our paper voicing my concern for the lack of responsibility for the homeless here in Richmond County. The first letter was a si...
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RALEIGH -- Increasingly sophisticated technologies and rapidly evolving media platforms have fueled an epic surge in children’s media use. So influential is media in kids’ lives, the resource group...
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With endowments down and budgets shrinking, American colleges and universities are looking for a game changer—a reason to say, “No, we’ve got to spend more than ever!” Last year, the American Assoc...
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On Ocracoke Island they still talk about pirates. In fact, the first thing I saw as I got off the ferry that brought Bob Anthony and me across Pamlico Sound to Ocracoke was a historical marker tha...
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I heard a television pundit say peace was breaking out in Washington this week. I hope he was right. Most of us understand that it is time to put aside political bickering and posturing, and work t...
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RALEIGH – As one of the nation’s chief political battlegrounds for decades, North Carolina has never lacked for breaking news or interesting trends. At the present moment, with so much going on, it...
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NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympic games has brought a huge variety of contests into our living rooms, some of them tremendously exciting and beautiful to watch and some of them very strange and ...
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