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Kathryn Lopez: Violence against Christians continues

For the relative few paying attention, it seems impossible to keep up with the violence against Christians happening ...

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John Hood: Stay the course on tax reform

By John Hood RALEIGH — Over the past decade, North Carolina’s tax code has undergone a dramatic transformation. ...

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Cal Thomas: Condemn or redeem Will Smith?

Actor Denzel Washington has done something increasingly rare these days. Variety reports Bishop T.D. Jakes interviewed Washington about ...

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My Turn, Evelyn Uddin-Khan: Questions for Rep. Budd

By Evelyn Uddin-Khan As a voter, I have two questions for U.S. Rep. Ted Budd (R-District 13, NC) ...

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Kenneth L. Hardin: I’m becoming a cranky old man

As a little chitlin’ growing up on the West End, where I still know a few folks by ...

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Josh Stein: A chance to turn the tide on opioid epidemic 

By Josh Stein  NC Attorney General  More than 20,000 North Carolinians have lost their lives to opioid overdoses. ...

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Mike Walden: Why do gas prices rise faster than they fall?

By Mike Walden Drivers suffered through almost daily hikes in gas prices when the war in Ukraine began. ...

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Steven V. Roberts: Is the Trump show over?

Chris Sununu, the Republican governor of New Hampshire, said this at a Washington, D.C. dinner about the last ...

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Byron York: Will Democrats make it about Trump — again?

There is a consensus that the Democratic Party is in trouble with midterm elections seven months away. The ...

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Sharon Randall: Living the dream

Out in the garage, my husband is playing his bass. I’m in the living room working on a ...

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John Hood: Let’s try building back faster

RALEIGH — It’s an often-repeated tale, I admit, but I’m going to repeat it, again: the world’s largest ...

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David M. Shribman: America is looking for some fresh programming

Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams did it. So did Martin Van Buren and William Henry Harrison. Grover ...

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Kathryn Lopez: When to check out of the discourse

Will Smith smacked Chris Rock at the Oscars — you could live in a cave and still know ...

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Cal Thomas: Walk forward better

It’s an old Washington political trick. When you’re in trouble, change the subject. When President Biden’s poll numbers ...

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D.G. Martin: North Carolina, Special Forces and Ukraine

Why can’t the Special Forces units such as those at Fort Bragg do something to help the Ukrainians’ ...

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Kenneth L. Hardin: When a slap is more than just a slap

Will Smith is a bully and I’m not a fan. I haven’t been since his movies “Independence Day” ...

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Ada Fisher: Will Smith was wrong but possibly so right also

The 2022 Oscars featured the slap on stage rather than on screen by Will Smith directed at Chris ...

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Byron York: Biden’s blunder no Reagan replay

President Joe Biden set off international alarms over the weekend when he committed the United States to the ...

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Steven V. Roberts: Looking to Ukraine’s future

What is the endgame for the war in Ukraine? What will that country look like in the future? ...

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Sharon Randall: Forever friends

By Sharon Randall My husband and I and our friend Linda were in the airport, planning to get ...

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Kathryn Lopez: Touching testimony at Jackson confirmation hearings

A few days ago, Eleanor McCullen’s telephone rang. It was a woman she had met outside an abortion ...

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David Shribman: Starting wars is easy; the challenge lies in ending them

If Winston Churchill were here — and some of us saw him, or his latest incarnation, this month, ...

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Mitch Kokai: New judge can correct $1.7 billion unconstitutional error

Few people ever face the opportunity to fix a $1.7 billion mistake. Judge Michael Robinson faces that opportunity ...

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Tom Campbell: Time to fish or cut bait

Those of us who live in or regularly spend time along North Carolina’s coast recognize there are five ...

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John Hood: We need more housing options

RALEIGH — As post-COVID shifts in work arrangements and living preferences continue to motivate many Americans to relocate, ...

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Kenneth L. Hardin: Black, blue lives can both matter

I don’t consider myself as anyone of importance. I haven’t won a Pulitzer Prize, found a cure for ...

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My Turn, Time Deal: We’re in trouble, folks

Several articles I’ve read this week in the Wall Street Journal — one of the more objective news ...

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Leonard Pitts: An open letter to Sen. Booker of New Jersey

D ear New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker: Some days, you are really irritating. That’s because you insist on ...

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