Columns
BOB AT THE MOVIES: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’
Back in 2019, “Joker” managed to make over $1 billion at the global box office and earn itself…
Opinion
MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What does the Fed’s rate cut mean?
Recently the Federal Reserve (the Fed) made headlines by reducing its interest rate for the first time since…
Opinion
COLUMN: Remembering David Summerlin, Badin’s historian
With no observable marks to chart its progress, to commemorate its nuance and grandeur, history passes away, unremembered…
Opinion
DG MARTIN COLUMN: Revisiting the War On Terror
In September 2001, After the attack on the World Trade Center, I wrote the following in this column…
Opinion
BOB AT THE MOVIES: ‘Transformers One’
I actually had high hopes going into “Transformers One.” Not because I’m a big fan of the toys…
Opinion
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Democrats get post-debate bounce
RALEIGH — Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was likely to lose the 2024 gubernatorial election to Democratic Attorney…
Opinion
MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Why is there confusion about the job market?
As a professional economist for almost five decades, I am the first to admit that many economic numbers…
Columns
Celebrating National Senior Center Month
Celebrated every year in September, National Senior Center Month is a time to shine a light on senior…
Opinion
D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: Republican kamikazes
The Wall Street Journal editors turned their newspaper’s attention to North Carolina last week. In a Sept. 19…
Opinion
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Federal funds are going away
RALEIGH — One of the most predictable crises of modern times is the implosion of America’s federal finances.…