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Letter | Age is a gift and a curse
To the editor: Generally, I’m not full of gripes and grumbles but, like most, I can usually find a few. Let’s take a random look. Call me contrarian, but I typically do not take serious […]
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Letter | Remembering Councilman Joe Robinson
To the editor: This week, the City of Hamlet, was stricken by tragedy. Councilman Joe Robinson passed away suddenly at his home on Monday afternoon. Mayor Bill Bayless and I were on the scene within […]
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Op-Ed | NC conservatives support energy innovation
In a recent column, John Hood stated, “Duke Energy can’t win.” It is my opinion that we can all win if we continue to be innovative on energy, while striving for answers to problems we […]
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Opinion | Spend, save, or return?
If you come to the end of the year and you’ve got surplus money in the bank what do you do? This seldom happens in most homes, but would you spend it? Save it? Or, […]
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Opinion | North Carolina is a middle state
RALEIGH — In the context of American politics, North Carolina is a middle state — which is not the same thing as saying North Carolinians are especially moderate. It simply means that our Democratic and […]
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Opinion | The unraveling of a delusional president
WASHINGTON — The last few weeks have confirmed that Donald Trump, who has fashioned himself “a stable genius,” lives in a misconception that is perilous for the rest of us. In the early morning of […]
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Opinion | Fighting cronyism could boost N.C. freedom ranking
North Carolina scores better than the average state when it comes to policies that promote freedom. Taking aim at cronyism might produce even better marks. A scholar who helps compile “Freedom in the 50 States” […]
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Opinion | Now is no time to settle for half measures on gerrymandering
If there is a single brightest and most hopeful bit of news on the North Carolina public policy horizon these days, it has to be that our state could, at very long last, be on […]
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Opinion | Do we owe somebody an apology?
What does a story told by a Jewish rabbi late last month at Chautauqua, N.Y., have to do with the North Carolina Board of Elections? First a word about Chautauqua. Founded in 1874, it is […]
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Opinion | Regulatory closet gets summer cleaning
RALEIGH — Because Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-led North Carolina General Assembly have remained deadlocked for weeks over passage of a new state budget, you might think nothing much of consequence is happening […]
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Opinion | Philadelphia police standoff is an opportunity to turn the tide on gun control
Wednesday’s prolonged shootout in North Philadelphia that injured six police officers may be the opportunity to turn the tide on gun control. A narcotics warrant turned into a 7-hour standoff between police and Maurice Hill, […]
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Opinion | SCOTUS showing subtleties of jurisprudence
We tend to think of U.S. Supreme Court justices as ideological, their views and actions mapping neatly onto the conventional liberal-to-conservative continuum of American politics. Their decisions are thought to conform to the party of […]