Opinion
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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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What’s the biggest issue facing the country?
At the numerous presentations I give during the year, I am frequently asked this question: What is the…
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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Celebrating us
It’s time to fire up the grills. Let’s make sure we have plenty of hamburgers and hot dogs.…
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Our economy is always churning
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s private sector lost an eye-popping 414,000 jobs in the most-recent quarter tracked by the…
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LARRY PENKAVA COLUMN: Content in the sweat of the brow
I was an experienced veteran when I accepted my first paying job. And in my mind, I was…
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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Should we worry about the declining birth rate?
One of the benefits of aging is that you often see problems completely turn around. In the 1990s…
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Wall Street Journal report shocks N.C. Democrats
Even though I live in North Carolina, sometimes people who live far away teach me things I need…
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Science of reading bears fruit
RALEIGH — Over the past two years, North Carolina had made critical investments in the future of our…
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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Lift up your gates and sing — a new book about Jerusalem
The city of Jerusalem is again at the center of the world’s attention. Today it is the capital…
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JOHN HOOD COLUMN — Let’s talk taxes — the right way
RALEIGH — State and local governments annually collect tens of billions of dollars in taxes from North Carolinians.…