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Gary Pearce: Is 100-county tour the path to U.S. Senate victory?

By Gary Pearce When Jeff Jackson jumped into the 2022 Senate race, he revived an old staple of ...

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D.G. Martin: When do we change names, history?

By D.G. Martin Last week, the Raleigh City Council removed the historic designation of Wakestone, the former home ...

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John Hood: Nonprofits must go the distance

By John Hood RALEIGH — The COVID-19 crisis has brought death, economic destruction and wrenching social change. As ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Making the best of it

By Sharon Randall Birthdays in my childhood were always remembered, but not especially memorable. My mother would bake ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Better-than-usual flu season attributed to COVID-19 precautions

Mask wearing and social distancing are proving their worth for more than COVID-19. While there’s no previous coronavirus ...

Opinion

Thomas Mills: In defense of Marjorie Taylor Greene (well, kind of)

Editor’s note: The following are excerpts from blog posts by Thomas Mills, the founder and publisher of politicsnc.com. ...

Opinion

Nalini Joseph: We could learn gratitude from poorer places

One of the wonderful things about living in a third world country is the daily opportunity that children ...

Columnists

Gary Pearce: Democrats might take lesson from FDR

By Gary Pearce North Carolina Democrats are torn right now — between celebration and disappointment over 2020 and ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Distraction works both ways

By Sharon Randall Just when I think I’ve told every story I know, another one will pop up ...

Columnists

Clyde: No do-overs in real life

By Clyde If you had it to do over again, what would you do differently? Read Psalm 130 ...

Columnists

John Hood: Legislators should reclaim their power

By John Hood RALEIGH — Among the many reasons the political discourse in Washington has gotten so toxic, ...

Opinion

Larry Efird column: ‘To change or not to change …’

W ith all the changes we continue to endure and experience, I naturally want to know what my ...

Columnists

Nalini Joseph: Academic success is most important

By Nalini Joseph As American parents, we are programmed to give our children a well-rounded education and exposure ...

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Francis Koster: Making our aquarium better to live in

By Francis Koster Do you remember when you were given your first goldfish? The gift was probably a ...

Opinion

Ada Fisher: Be the bigger person

By Ada Fisher Thirty-eight years ago in President Gerald R. Ford‘s inaugural remarks leading up to a pardon ...

Opinion

Gary Pearce: Governor, pro-tem and pandemic powers

 By Gary Pearce Politics and the pandemic are inseparable in North Carolina. Last year’s gubernatorial election got caught up in ...

Columnists

John Hood: Federal bailout would punish our state

By John Hood RALEIGH — Now that Democrats control the White House and both chambers of Congress (however ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Together, we’ll be all right

By Sharon Randall One of the finer qualities that sets humans apart from other species is our capacity ...

Columnists

DG Martin: Three North Carolina-connected women Democrats to keep an eye on

By D.G. Martin Three North Carolina-connected women Democrats broke the mold in the recent congressional elections. The “mold” ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Keep local elections unlike national politics

More than two months ago, on Nov. 8, an Associated Press story on the front page of the ...

Guest columns

Guest columnist: School board member in hot water over DC rally

By Ray Nothstine Sherry-Lynn Womack finds herself in the proverbial hot water. Her crime? Womack went up to ...

Guest columns

Cal Thomas: They’re coming to America

By Cal Thomas In 1980, singer Neil Diamond recorded a song that celebrated American immigration, first in the ...

Columnists

Nalini Joseph: Business skills needed on path to greatness

By Nalini Joseph I was sitting at Hoff’s Grill on Innes street enjoying the biggest “half chicken” I ...

Columnists

Fran Koster: Too many fighting wrong enemy

By Fran Koster The electronic environment that manages our economy and life support systems is being attacked by ...

Opinion

Steve Roberts: Burying the big lie

By Steven V. Roberts As Joe Biden takes office as the nation’s 46th president, one number should be ...

Guest columns

Byron York: Trump derangement syndrome in a post-Trump world

By Byron York President Trump is now former President Trump. With Joe Biden now President Biden, Democrats control ...

Columnists

My Turn, Ron Bowers: With apologies to Mr. Dickens, a tale of two shots and a suggestion

By Ron Bowers Hooray! Thursday, Jan. 14, my wife and I got our first COVID-19 shots. I had ...

Columnists

My Turn, Warren Bumgarner: Never forget what they tried to do

By Warren Bumgarner Wednesday, Jan. 6, is a day that shocked, saddened and angered the nation as we ...

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