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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Are living costs and inflation lower in North Carolina?

Although the inflation rate leveled off in 2023, according to polls, it is still a big issue for ...

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ELON COLUMN: Ringing in a new year of aging and obits

My friends always remember my birthday, but I seldom remember theirs. I have an excuse — my birthday ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Haley, Christie and Lincoln on the causes of the Civil War

“What was the cause of the United States Civil War?” Asked this question by an audience member at ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Time to celebrate America’s founding

RALEIGH — For political journalists, a standard tool of the trade is the New Year prediction column. Especially ...

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Why stop at an inflation rate target of 2%?

At their recent meeting, the leaders of the Federal Reserve (Fed) indicated they would likely reduce their key ...

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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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