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DG MARTIN COLUMN: October hurricane on the Outer Banks
It is October on the Outer Banks. A late hurricane is threatening to wash away the beaches and blow down the old wooden houses that ... Read more
10 hours ago by Staff Reports.
DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Oh Possum!
The other day we were so busy inside the house, we hadn’t been outside all day. My wife called me and asked if I had ... Read more
16 hours ago by Staff Reports.
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Yes, government can be shrunk
I’ve been spending a lot of time recently in conversation with right-leaning leaders, policy experts, donors and activists. My purpose is to assess the health ... Read more
2 days ago by Staff Reports.
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: School closures were a mistake
Closing down school buildings for many months last year — and offering poorly planned and executed virtual schooling as an inadequate substitute — proved to ... Read more
6 days ago by Staff Reports.
DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Old timers
I opened Facebook the other day and saw a post about homecoming from a former colleague at East Davidson. The memories began to flood back ... Read more
7 days ago by Staff Reports.
DG MARTIN COLUMN: Following Macbeth’s advice in Afghanistan
Can Shakespeare’s Macbeth help us deal with President Biden’s decision to pull all American troops out of Afghanistan and do it quickly? Too quick, his ... Read more
1 week ago by Staff Reports.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Disrespect, intolerance do not belong in board meetings
My wife and I are shocked and very distressed to read about the resignation of our school board chairman. Our county has forfeited his effective ... Read more
1 week ago by SNAP Letters.
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: There is no free ride
RALEIGH — The latest news about North Carolina transportation was no surprise. In a pattern all too familiar, our leaders have planned for and promised ... Read more
2 weeks ago by Staff Reports.
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: We all win when we argue
RALEIGH — In the England of the early 20th century, there were no two writers more dissimilar than G.K. Chesterton and George Bernard Shaw. Chesterton ... Read more
2 weeks ago by Staff Reports.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Raise the debt ceiling like Congress does
Congress under the last administration voted to raise the debt ceiling three times. Congress has always voted to raise it. Because that is what Congress ... Read more