Letters
LETTER: Goodbye, old friend
To the editor: A school friend of mine died this week of cancer. She was such a wonderful friend. I know she had a lot of friends from every walk of life. She never met […]
Opinion
Letters
LETTER: The Gaza double-standard
To the editor: Recent events in Gaza were reminiscent of TV scenes from Birmingham during the ’60s civil rights struggle. Palestinians using slingshots in the face of “shoot to kill” orders from Netanyahu’s military left […]
Editorials
American POWs and Japanese slave labor
Japan would like to forget a lot about World War II. But there are certain things that the world should not allow them to forget. One such part is the forced labor of our troops […]
Columns
Teachers right to protest conditions in education
(Editor’s note: This column was written May 15.) This week, half of my school teachers showed support for redfored either, by wearing red or visiting the legislative offices in Raleigh. Approximately 15,000 teachers participated in […]
Columns
The age of petty tyrannies
We labor today under the weight of countless tyrannies, large and small, carried out in the name of the national good by an elite class of government officials who are largely insulated from the ill […]
Columns
Do we even need a legislature?
After hearing what is apparently taking place in our General Assembly, we have to ask why we even need 170 members in the General Assembly? We could save millions of dollars, free up lots of […]
Columns
Twitter: Net Neutralility for thee, but not for we
“Net Neutrality” is back in the news. On May 16, the U.S. Senate voted 52-47 to undo the Federal Communication Commission’s undoing of the previous FCC’s doing of … yes, it’s complicated. There are really […]
Columns
Today’s tax cuts help us all, critics included
In politics, words and actions don’t always align. But when they do, the benefits can be huge. That’s why it’s so important for busy Americans to recognize that Congressional leaders and President Trump did just […]
Columns
Public workers deserve public funds over pro sports
Barely remembered, now, is the Major League Baseball strike of 1972. The work stoppage erased nearly the first two weeks of MLB’s regular season before a resolution. Younger fans recall 1994’s devastating strike that robbed […]
Columns
Haspel isn’t the problem — the CIA is
As a general rule, when Dick Cheney favors a foreign policy position it’s best to be on the opposite side if you value liberty over war and authoritarianism. The former vice president’s enthusiastic endorsement of […]
Editorials
Contrarian blocschallenge politicalparties’ platforms
Twenty-eight years ago, Republican National Committee chairman Lee Atwater said the GOP is a big tent that can “house many views on many issues.” Justin Banks hopes there’s enough room in that tent for people […]
Letters
LETTER: Seeking old Bostic family photos for project
To the editor: I’m attempting to locate Bostic descendants from two counties in South Carolina, Darlington and Marlboro. The line of descendants come from Boston and Fanny Bostic, purchased in 1805 as slaves on the […]