Opinion
D.G. MARTIN COLUMN: Red, blue or purple
Buy this book. “Anatomy of a Purple State: A North Carolina Politics Primer” by Christopher Cooper. Read it…
Opinion
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: In Helene’s wake, leadership is crucial
RALEIGH — I got it wrong. Deeply wrong. Embarrassingly wrong. It was a few days after Hurricane Floyd…
Columns
DG MARTIN COLUMN: The great floods of 1916 and 2024
One of Miss Letitia Currie’s favorite topics in her history class in the 1950s at Davidson Junior High…
Opinion
JOHN HOOD COLUMN: Helene brought out the best in Carolinians
RALEIGH — As we mourn the deaths and grapple with the destruction inflicted on our state by Hurricane…
Columns
BOB AT THE MOVIES: ‘The Wild Robot’
For better or worse, late September this year is certainly the time for animated robot movies. Fortunately, we…
Columns
BOB AT THE MOVIES: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’
Back in 2019, “Joker” managed to make over $1 billion at the global box office and earn itself…
Opinion
MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: What does the Fed’s rate cut mean?
Recently the Federal Reserve (the Fed) made headlines by reducing its interest rate for the first time since…
Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ceasefire still needs to happen
We are almost one year into a horrific conflict in Gaza which followed the attack on Israel by…
Opinion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Listen to Reagan
North Carolinians are smart people, but as President Ronald Reagan said “we should trust, but verify” when someone…
Opinion
COLUMN: Remembering David Summerlin, Badin’s historian
With no observable marks to chart its progress, to commemorate its nuance and grandeur, history passes away, unremembered…