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LARRY PENKAVA COLUMN: My green thumb wilted on the vine
As a boy I never knew what was the point of growing a garden. Just look at it…
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Would Jesse Helms support Mark Robinson?
If Jesse Helms were alive, would he be supporting the gubernatorial candidacy of Mark Robinson, the state’s current…
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Shooting should shock the conscience
RALEIGH — Enough. The attempted assassination of Donald Trump, a despicable and indefensible act that came within a…
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: On schools and sports, follow evidence
RALEIGH — Having spent most of my career commissioning, editing or writing about public policy research, I understand…
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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Have cities reached their peak?
I grew up in a rural region outside of Cincinnati, Ohio, in the 1950s and early ‘60s. Our…
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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Time flies
Why does time move so quickly when we are on vacation? I just had a little time off…
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: We need more hospital competition
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s hospital sector has undergone lots of mergers and acquisitions over the past decade. Now…
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Where the Revolutionary War was won
Last week we celebrated the anniversary of the July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence. This declaration, important as…
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Citizens should clarify voting rights
RALEIGH — North Carolina voters will be asked this fall to remove a troubling ambiguity in the state…
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Carolina dispute helped provoke Revolution
RALEIGH — Did you know that a legal dispute between North Carolina’s elected legislature and the British government…