Columns
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: State should keep fostering broad growth
RALEIGH — As a proud native of the Charlotte area who has happily lived most of my life…
Opinion
BOB AT THE MOVIES: ‘Wolf Man’ and ‘One of The Days’
Since two new releases made about $11 million each at the domestic box office one past weekend, and…
Opinion
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: North Carolina should prepare for cuts
RALEIGH — Are we on the brink of World War III? Not necessarily, argue the coauthors of a…
Opinion
BOB AT THE MOVIES: ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’
It’s an odd choice to do a sequel to the 2018 heist movie “Den of Thieves” in 2025.…
Opinion
LARRY PENKAVA COLUMN: Can you hear me now?
Once upon a time I was a very quiet guy. People had to work to get a peep…
Opinion
D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: Panama and North Carolina politics — again
President-elect Donald Trump surprised many earlier this month when at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in…
Opinion
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: How fiction can illuminate and inspire
RALEIGH — I once wrote a musical play with a character who spoke almost exclusively in words beginning…
Opinion
DG MARTIN COLUMN: Carter Wrenn’s new book
At last Carter Wrenn, the well-known conservative consultant, has written his book about his life in politics: “The…
Opinion
MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What does it take to ‘get ahead’?
The older I get — I’m 74 in a few days — the more I seem to think…
Opinion
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Post-COVID scores tumble in NC
RALEIGH — In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, student performance fell across much of the United States.…