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D.G. Martin | North Carolinian wins coveted National Book Award
What’s the biggest news in our state’s literary circles?
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To the editor | Rockingham: ‘Giants’ still fall!
To the editor,
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Alexander H. Jones | Housing policy is American liberalism’s Achilles heel
Nestled in a humid forest at the midpoint between the Appalachian Mountains and the mighty Atlantic, the Research Triangle of North Carolina has attracted migrants for decades. Raleigh’s growth has been particularly impressive: Between 2010-2020, the Raleigh-Cary metropolitan area grew by 23%, the second-fastest growth rate in the country. Yet just down the road from Raleigh, and despite its magnificent tree canopy and a great university, Chapel Hill did not grow at all. The reason for this failure was housing policy.
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John Hood | Racial preferences are ending soon
RALEIGH — The state of Washington has it. California has it. Michigan has it. Oklahoma has it. Nebraska has it. Arizona has it. Florida, New Hampshire, and Idaho have a version of it.
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Opinion | How NC can prepare for the COVID omicron variant
There’s yet another coronavirus variant out there that could pose a new threat.
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Bo Wagner | A cooling time
I slid the three-inch bolt through the bottom hole of the ten-inch terra cotta pot, then put five large washers down onto the bolt. Then I put the eight-inch terra cotta pot inside of the ten-inch one, down onto the bolt, and onto the washers. From there, I secured everything together with a bolt, finger tightening it so as not to risk breaking the pots. That resulted in something like a double bell arrangement, with an air chamber between the surfaces of the two pots.
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Thomas Mills |Gratitude
Happy Thanksgiving. I hope everyone will celebrate. Despite the difficult and divisive times we face, we still have much for which to be thankful.
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Rob Schofield | Report documents COVID-19 impact on low income households in NC
It’s well known that the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on communities across the globe, but as a new report from the North Carolina Community Action Associationdocuments, that havoc has been especially destructive in low income communities in North Carolina.
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John Hood | Infrastructure bill did us no favors
RALEIGH — The $1 trillion infrastructure bill President Joe Biden signed into law on November 15 attracted the votes of both Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Washington and has attracted praise from many North Carolina leaders, as well — once more illustrating the fact that bad ideas can also be popular ideas.
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Tom Campbell | Over the river and speeding
After last year’s lockdown it’s great to once again gather with family for the holidays. Some will be traveling “over the river and thru the woods to grandmother’s house.” During the holidays our already crowded and inadequately maintained roads will be strained, especially since speeding has surged in our state.
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John Hood | Cawthorn’s handlers got it wrong
RALEIGH — When Carolina Journal first reported first-term U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s intention to abandon his current district next year to run in an adjacent one, CJ quoted Cawthorn as saying his decision was part of “a strategy to increase conservativism in North Carolina.”
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Opinion | Anti-voter bills from NC Republicans are a deceptive waste of time
North Carolina Republicans can boast of a very real accomplishment this week: a long-overdue state budget signed by the governor. So why did they follow it up with a flurry of legislation that’s headed nowhere?
