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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 ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Freedom has multiple definitions

RALEIGH — What does it mean to be free? Many seemingly intractable disputes about specific issues — ranging ...

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