Opinion

JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Debates will inform state voters

RALEIGH — Brace yourself. The arrival of Labor Day traditionally begins the homestretch of electoral campaigns. You may ...

Opinion

DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Believing in ourselves

For the past two months I have had “extra” stuff I had to do after work and on ...

Opinion

DG MARTIN COLUMN: Leuchtenburg’s 102nd birthday gift to us

UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Emeritus William Leuchtenburg is celebrating his 102nd birthday this month. He was born on Sept. ...

Opinion

DG MARTIN COLUMN: Small towns and farms — our people estuaries

“That couldn’t happen if you moved every three years.” Reynolds Price, the late novelist and Duke professor, was ...

Columns

MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Are we headed for a recession?

The year 2024 began with optimism for the economy. Despite relatively high interest rates and efforts by the ...

Opinion

COLUMN: Armyworms are taking out lawns, pastures

If you haven’t already heard, fall armyworms are wreaking havoc in pastures, hayfields and lawns all over the ...

Opinion

DG MARTIN COLUMN: Books for ‘Bookwatch’

Although “North Carolina Bookwatch” in no longer airing on PBS-NC, people still ask what books are being featured. ...

Opinion

JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Taxpayers deserve better than this

RALEIGH — In 2021, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted a budget that funded core state responsibilities, instigated ...

Opinion

MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What will AI mean for North Carolina jobs?

AI — short for “artificial intelligence”— is the technology wiz of the moment. One-third of businesses are now ...

Opinion

DEAN RIDINGS COLUMN: Our democracy depends on it

Not that many years ago, the best way you could find out about businesses in town would be ...

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