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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Care for body and spirit

My annual physical is always in the dead of summer. I remember getting my physical every other year ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Medicaid expansion remains unwise

North Carolina lawmakers are reportedly considering some form of Medicaid expansion as part of a final budget deal ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Surge in violence merits response

Are North Carolinians safer today than they were a decade ago? That depends on how you define the ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Mortgage discrimination claims are bunk

A few weeks ago, the Associated Press and a nonprofit journalism outfit called The Markup released a dataset ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: October hurricane on the Outer Banks

It is October on the Outer Banks. A late hurricane is threatening to wash away the beaches and ...

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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Oh Possum!

The other day we were so busy inside the house, we hadn’t been outside all day. My wife ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Yes, government can be shrunk

I’ve been spending a lot of time recently in conversation with right-leaning leaders, policy experts, donors and activists. ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: School closures were a mistake

Closing down school buildings for many months last year — and offering poorly planned and executed virtual schooling ...

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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: Old timers

I opened Facebook the other day and saw a post about homecoming from a former colleague at East ...

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DG MARTIN COLUMN: Following Macbeth’s advice in Afghanistan

Can Shakespeare’s Macbeth help us deal with President Biden’s decision to pull all American troops out of Afghanistan ...

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