Columns
New novels from 4 of NC’s best writers
Is the cold weather really over at last? And if the warmer season is here, what are some good books you should consider for your spring reading list? Here are four recent novels from three […]
Opinion
Columns
State leaders won’t blow surplus
Over the past two weeks, government budget agencies have delivered two key reports to North Carolina taxpayers. One should infuriate them. The other should please them. The infuriating report was, naturally, about the federal budget. […]
Columns
Class registration is a nightmare
The month of April means class registration is once again upon us. For the past three years, I have signed up for classes. It never gets any easier. With the way that the system is […]
Columns
Tribute to America’s ‘Queen Mum’
There is nothing but respect that I wish to bestow upon Barbara Bush. At this time, all I can express is a numb hurt in my heart, even though the people of America feel hurt […]
Letters
LETTER: Dems want gun confiscation and boys in girls’ toilets
To the editor: Well, well, well. How can anybody with a conscience ever again vote the Democrats back in? I tell you right now, in 1943, when I went to the first grade at Rohanen, […]
Letters
LETTER: No driver was better than Richard Petty
To the editor: It is beyond me how anyone can put any race car driver ahead of Richard Petty as being the best driver of all time. Just a few statistics: • 200 wins (most […]
Columns
Crimes of a monster: Your tax dollars at work
Let us not mince words. We are living in an age of war profiteers. We are living in an age of scoundrels, liars, brutes and thugs. Many of them work for the U.S. government. We […]
Editorials
TAR HEEL VIEW: Name names to reform campus kangaroo courts
Our state’s flagship public university can no longer hide behind federal student privacy laws when it comes to shielding the people it’s disciplined for sexual misconduct from scrutiny. A unanimous three-judge N.C. Court of Appeals […]
Columns
Freedom is winning the encryption arms race
At tax time in the U.S., as Gaurav Sangwani of India’s Financial Express reports, many American cryptocurrency users weren’t interested in discussing that aspect of their lives with the Internal Revenue Service. In an early […]
Columns
Education needle not moving enough
What should we expect when we invest $150 million in reading programs for our elementary students? I’m not sure what the objectives were, but I am pretty certain the results weren’t what anyone wanted. In […]
Letters
LETTER: Conversations with a fly — troop withdrawals
To the editor: “Pssst!” While on a nature walk, recently, I heard Fly-on-the-wall calling to me. “Have you seen any Secret Service agents around?” Taken aback, I responded, “Uh, no, Fly, what gives?” “Robert and […]
Columns
Trump’s disastrous attack on Syria
Over the weekend, President Trump celebrated firing more than 100 missiles into Syria by tweeting, “Mission Accomplished!” They say if you cannot learn from history you are condemned to repeat it. So I guess we […]