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Cal Thomas: Dealing with the Iranian devil

When one sits down to make a deal with the devil, it is the devil who usually wins. ...

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Byron York: Long inflation and its political consequences

While much of the political world focused on the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, ...

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Steven V. Roberts: The lesson of Judge Jackson

Elections have consequences. Just consider two numbers: 234 and 3. The first is how many federal judges Donald ...

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: A few good words

What are your favorite words? What’s the best thing anyone has ever said to you? What’s the best ...

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Kathryn Lopez: Time for a gut check

Who are we as a nation? While the answer may lead to policy debates, a serious consideration of ...

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John Hood: Why Carolinians liked strong legislatures

RALEIGH — How should North Carolina be governed? The same question can be asked about any other state ...

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Kenneth L. Hardin: Missing my old stomping grounds

I live in a predominantly white neighborhood. Oh no, don’t applaud because I’m not bragging. I was simply ...

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Uddin-Khan: ‘Ragtime’ like watching life in America today

By Evelyn Uddin-Khan “Ragtime – The Musical!” Is it history repeating itself, or a way of life that ...

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My Turn, Susan Lee: Human Relations Council’s ‘Support Public Education Forum’ is March 26

By Susan Lee All too often when public education goals aren’t met the blame falls on parents, students, ...

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Steven Roberts: Terrible, terrible decisions

“It’s a terrible, terrible decision that he faces.” That’s Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, on CNN, describing ...

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Byron York: Nervous Pelosi insists on not saying ‘retreat’!

House Democrats recently went on their annual retreat in Philadelphia. The purpose was to discuss policy initiatives for ...

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Mitch Kokai: Multiple court cases hold up voter ID in North Carolina

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to shine a spotlight on North Carolina’s voter ID dispute, now might ...

Opinion

Vincent Vernuccio: Time to celebrate and protect worker freedom

Happy anniversary to North Carolina’s right-to-work law! Seventy-five years ago, on March 18, 1947, North Carolina became one ...

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John Hood: Property rights are worth defending

There’s always a cost to protecting property rights. No rational person has ever suggested otherwise. In free societies ...

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Kathryn Lopez: Life during wartime

We are watching something quite foreign as we watch Russia attack Ukraine. It’s not the bombing of everything ...

Opinion

Kenneth L. Hardin: Reluctantly, I’m back online and I haven’t changed

For three years after leaving office in 2017, I left the social media merry-go-round and successfully purged all ...

Opinion

Why is NC stuck at the bottom of ‘right to know’ states?

By Sandy Hurley and Bill Moss For decades North Carolina has ranked near the bottom of all states ...

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Al Heggins: Grab the steering wheel

Headlines scream Salisbury’s local circumstances;   “One person dead after Christmas night shooting in Salisbury”   “Innocent bystanders, ...

Opinion

Steven V. Roberts: Welcoming the Ukrainian refugees

Avram Rogowsky grew up in Bialystok, then a part of the Russian Empire and now in Poland, near ...

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Byron York: Do Biden and his party have new hope for November?

There was a striking moment on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday. Moderator Chuck Todd brought up a poll ...

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Kathryn Lopez: Democrats make their priorities quite clear

Senate Democrats ended February insisting on a procedural fight over the Women’s Health Protection Act, to get Republicans ...

Opinion

Alexander Jones: Joe Biden is back after State of the Union

By Alexander H Jones Last week, President Joe Biden displayed some political strengths that have been obscured over ...

Columnists

John Trump: Consumers know what they want, and it’s not Russian vodka

By John Trump A ban on Russian vodka, a move by many U.S. states and countries, is wholly ...

Columnists

DG Martin: Author gleans lessons from blindness

By D.G. Martin Going blind. Is there any way it could be a good thing? Frank Bruni asks ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: Cousins make families fun

By Sharon Randall Family ties are formed in various ways. Some are connected by blood. Others are created ...

Guest columns

John Hood: Ukraine invasion playing role in 2022 elections

By John Hood Over the past couple of weeks, North Carolina politicos have focused intently on the outcome ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Biden’s unspectacular address

When a president’s poll numbers are tanking, as the most recent Washington Post/ABC News poll shows they are ...

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Leonard Pitts: Does Ukraine have courage enough to be a country worth fighting for?

This was going to be a song of praise. Instead, it will be a groan of frustration. In ...

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