Opinion
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Tax reform returns to center stage
RALEIGH — With the tumultuous election cycle behind us, lawmakers in both Washington and Raleigh will talk taxes…
Opinion
BOB AT THE MOVIES: ‘Moana 2’
2016’s “Moana” is probably my favorite animated Disney movie of the modern era. I have plenty of nice…
Opinion
MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Will prices decline?
During the presidential campaign, both major candidates promised to lower prices if elected. Now that the election is…
Opinion
BOB AT THE MOVIES: ‘Wicked’
It was in the spring of 2004 that I first saw Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth perform the…
Columns
BOB AT THE MOVIES: ‘Red One’
“Red One” desperately wants to be an “edgy” Christmas movie. Edgy Christmas movies throughout history have included everything…
Opinion
DG MARTIN COLUMN: A forgotten migration
Do you remember what a “segregation scholarship” is – or was? As explained in a new book “Black…
Opinion
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: DOGE can learn from North Carolina
RALEIGH — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped business leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head up the…
Opinion
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: When taxes (almost) killed tap
RALEIGH — I write a syndicated column on politics and public policy that often centers on the issue…
Opinion
LARRY PENKAVA COLUMN: Operator, could you help me place this call?
I once talked on my neighbor’s bedroom telephone while she was trying to sleep and her husband was…
Opinion
D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: Building Trump’s support group
Promptly after the election President-elect Trump announced some of some of his close support group: • Secretary of state:…