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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: The famous man from Tally Ho

Who is the most famous North Carolinian today? If you check the latest edition of the World Almanac ...

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BOB AT THE MOVIES: ‘Nosferatu’

Robert Eggers is one of those directors that always puts out exactly the movie he wants. I’m not ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Our electoral future remains unwritten

RALEIGH — The Republican Party enjoyed impressive electoral successes in 2024. Its candidates won the presidency, the U.S. ...

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BOB AT THE MOVIES: ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’

Like many critics, I despised the 2019 CGI version of “The Lion King.” The new animation was ugly ...

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