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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Neighbors shaped Jefferson’s views on liberty

RALEIGH — Before Thomas Jefferson died in 1826, he wrote his own epitaph. Did he mention any of ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Economics, AI and the nation’s wealth

The late Davidson economics professor Charles Ratliff was a great teacher who almost led me to a beginning ...

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FOUNDATION FORWARD, CHARTER OF FREEDOM: Robert Treat Paine

This is an American history educational moment of those who made a difference during the Revolutionary War era ...

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CHRISTMAS MEMORY: Many memories

By Vanessa Chambers of New London We get together on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, we gather around ...

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CHRISTMAS MEMORY: Lighting Up The Hillside

By Jane Barnhardt of Oakboro It was December 25, 1939 at 3 o’clock in the afternoon that my ...

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CHRISTMAS MEMORY: Decisions, Decisions

By Jo Grey of Badin For my brothers and me, the Christmas season during the late 1950s arrived ...

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B.J. DRYE COLUMN: It’s been quite a year, Santa

Dear Santa, I hope you are doing well. That’s how most of these Santa letters begin, but I ...

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CHRISTMAS MEMORY: ‘O Christmas Tree’

By John Hood, frequent columnist One of my fondest Christmas memories makes me seem like a great outdoorsman ...

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D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: Bell ringing, begging and finding Christmas

“How about helping us ring the bell for the Salvation Army?” It is Roland from my Rotary club. ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Leaders can build a better politics

RALEIGH — In this season of joy and renewal, as we reflect on the year that was and ...

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