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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Where can we cut back?

Both of my grandfathers were farmers in southwestern Ohio. One had a hog farm and the other raised ...

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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: A father-in-law’s wisdom

I first met the man who would become my father-in-law in the parking lot of a gas station. ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: North Carolina is ready for potential recession

RALEIGH — Just months ago, the housing market was blazing hot. Now median prices are dropping, even in ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: My favorite holiday

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. One reason is that it is a time for lots of plentiful food on ...

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LARRY PENKAVA COLUMN: Please pass the chips, and my dentures

Aging 101 should be a required course for all high school students. I’ve seen teenage girls carrying “newborn” ...

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: If inflation subsides, will everything be OK?

I came to Raleigh and joined the North Carolina State University faculty in 1978. Then, manufacturing dominated the ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Natchez’s preservation heroes came from North Carolina

If you lived in Natchez, Mississippi, a city that reportedly in 1850 had more millionaires per capita than ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: North Carolina’s most interesting political figure

Who is the most interesting political figure in North Carolina today? Hint: he or she is not on ...

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LIBRARY LOOKOUT COLUMN: Together We Can

Together we can. When I found out that I had been named director of our library system last ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Some associate degrees have big payoffs

RALEIGH — Suppose you are about to graduate from a North Carolina high school. Your grades are good ...

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