Opinion
MIKE WALDEN: Is the social safety net a spring board or a cushion?
There are few public issues that create more debate than the “social safety net.” By social safety net,…
Opinion
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Let’s make Medicaid expansion work
RALEIGH — Are Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, Republican House Speaker Tim Moore, and Republican Senate leader Phil Berger…
Opinion
DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Maintaining our faith
When spring rolled around this year I thought I would change the oil in my lawn mower. Each…
Opinion
DG MARTIN COLUMN: Losing, gaining in ‘Roadside Eateries’
There is agony and there is ecstasy in revising my favorite book, “North Carolina Roadside Eateries.” The book…
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LARRY PENKAVA COLUMN: Troubles by the mouthful
I’m 75 years old and still haven’t mastered the art of chewing. It seems simple. You put food…
Opinion
NFHS COLUMN: Support National High School Colors Day on Friday
There is no time like high school, especially when it comes to involvement in sports, performing arts and…
Columns
DG MARTIN COLUMN: North Carolina’s Queen Elizabeth and King Charles
We watched the great and solemn events in Britain over the last few days. But we heard not…
Opinion
LARRY PENKAVA COLUMN: Where did the Ringo? (With apologies to Richard Starkey)
It made me wonder if doing odd jobs was worth the effort. I was a teenager in 1964-65…
Opinion
OPINION: Should the Fed stop influencing interest rates?
The Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) is now in the process of increasing interest rates. This is a tactic…
News
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Reliable power means nuclear power
RALEIGH — In late August, the government of California gave its residents two additional, and interrelated, reasons to…