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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Users should pay for highways

As a fiscal conservative who thinks government is generally too large and taxes too high, I am grateful ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Government shouldn’t set prices

I once found a $20 bill on a sidewalk in Washington, D.C. I picked it up, thus ruining ...

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D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: Barbecue – true and faux

Why would John Shelton Reed write another book about barbecue? After all, he is a co-author of the ...

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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: A new adventure

The dream to write has been a driving force in my life. Each time I sit down to ...

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What economic lessons has the pandemic taught us?

Although I no longer teach students in the classroom – having retired after 43 years at NCSU – ...

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D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: Another prize for Elizabeth Spencer

Elizabeth Spencer, arguably one of our country’s greatest writers, died in December 2019 in Chapel Hill, where she ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Carolinians remain fiscal conservatives

North Carolinians are closely divided when it comes to party preference. Our state has long been one of ...

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DOUG CREAMER COLUMN: To the Class of 2021

My nephew graduated from high school in May. He will head off to Virginia Military Institute in the ...

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B.J. DRYE COLUMN: Raindrops turn into full storm

It’s been a week of highs and lows for me. While I had a pretty great day last ...

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JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Will hybrids drive the economy?

Plenty of politicians, planners and business folks think they know what North Carolina’s post-pandemic economy will look like. ...

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