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Colin Campbell: Gov. Roy Cooper has transparency problem

RALEIGH — Republican legislators have about 16 questions for Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration, and he’s refusing to answer. ...

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John Hood: Challenging common falsehoods in political debate

RALEIGH — The great British statesman and writer Edmund Burke was a critic of his government’s treatment of ...

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Leonard PItts: A few words about ‘us’ and ‘them’

“All life is interrelated.” — Martin Luther King Jr. “Imagine all the people, sharing all the world.” — ...

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Clyde, Time Was: A paean to pie, pottery and our lump of clay

Time was, we made pies. Deep, luscious, crusty, mouth-watering, fruits, fresh-baked, still warm from the oven, topped with ...

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Cokie and Steven Roberts: Trump tramples press freedoms

By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts “This is a very, very important case,” prominent Republican lawyer Ted ...

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Sharon Randall: Praying for rain

Maybe, when you read this, it will be raining in California. That is what we’re praying for — ...

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Dr. Ada Fisher: Behind the midterm numbers

Though many races for Congress were close, much seems to be missing in the media’s analysis, as well ...

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Tom Campbell: What to feed this Thanksgiving

As a young boy I remember hearing the stories about that first Thanksgiving, when the Pilgrims and Indians ...

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David Freeze — What I am thankful for

What I am thankful for: The freedom to live in the best country in the world and the ...

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Letter: Collusion delusion verges on deranged behavior

It is hard to believe that even today 42 percent of the people in a survey still believe ...

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Cal Thomas: The Florida fiasco continues

After two recounts — one by machine, the other by hand — after a concession speech by Andrew ...

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Colin Campbell: Don’t make voting harder with voter ID

I’ve got a confession to make: Back in 2006, I didn’t vote. It’s not that I didn’t want ...

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Leonard PItts: Michelle Obama tells her truth

So now Michelle Obama finally tells her truth. There has always been about her a sense that she ...

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Elizabeth Cook: Thanks for sharing the journey

The first thing on the gratitude list this Thanksgiving is forgiveness. Put it right up there with respect. ...

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Clyde, Time Was: Take some advice, pilgrim, and head home

Time was we were all pilgrims in a foreign land. Peligrin or peregrinus from the Latin, for one ...

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Dan Crenshaw started last week as a ‘SNL’ joke and ended it as a GOP star

By Dan Zak The Washington Post HOUSTON — Dan Crenshaw’s good eye is good enough, but it’s not ...

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Babe Ruth awarded Medal of Freedom; what the heck took so long?

By Jacob Bogage The Washington Post WASHINGTON — There are some things about Babe Ruth, beyond his mammoth ...

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Byron York: As Dems weigh impeachment, GOP leaders regret pursing Clinton

By Byron York If Democrats are trying to reassure anyone that they won’t impeach President Donald Trump, they ...

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Cokie and Steven Roberts: Defending the rule of law

By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts This should be Job 1 for the lame-duck session of Congress: ...

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Sharon Randall: A feast of friendly faces

How do you seat 20 guests at a table that holds only eight? That’s a puzzle I work ...

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Leonard Pitts: ‘Enough’ was a long time ago

Maybe this is futile. After all, there’s little point in talking back to a deranged person, especially if ...

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Al Hunt: In the White House, experience really does count

I covered a lot of campaigns this year and none was more exciting than Beto O’Rourke’s race for a ...

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Georgie Ann Geyer: Remembrance in the midst of endless war

WASHINGTON — By all accounts, it was a fine Armistice Day remembrance. The futile massacres in the Great ...

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Rob Schofield: Beware of special session

The 2018 election may be in the rear view mirror, but for better or worse, the next battle ...

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Leonard Pitts: What journalists do

“The fact that a man is a newspaper reporter is evidence of some flaw in character.” — Lyndon ...

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Colin Campbell: Urban-rural election split could hurt NC

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s urban-rural divide became a chasm in this month’s election — at least in the ...

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Rob Schofield: Now What? Five Initial Election Takeaways for North Carolinians

The 2018 election is finally and mercifully over and now is no time for progressives to rest on ...

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We’re in deep trouble when ‘SNL’ is our guide to mature behavior

By Jennifer Rubin The Washington Post “Saturday Night Live” comedian Pete Davidson got reamed for making a tasteless ...

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