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Columns
5/9/2008
Legislators' resolve about spending will be tested
RALEIGH -- This month, state taxpayers will find out whether the North Carolina's legislative leaders are serious about being more efficient with their money or if they are simply wasting more of it themselves. ...
5/9/2008
The important numbers
The numbers Wednesday morning brought good news and bad news to the pundits, politicos and policy advocates poring over them, trying to understand what happened and looking for information to help them predict what will happen next. ...
5/7/2008
Bio-fuels are taking the food right out of people's mouths
Do you remember when your mother told you to clean your plate because "there are starving children in" fill-in-the-blank-country? The reason I say that is now you practically could fill-in-the blank with any country. Some are even killing each other in riots ... over food. Imagine that. ...
5/6/2008
What's Easley up to now?
RALEIGH -- So, Mike Easley has endorsed a candidate who is likely to lose the state's Democratic presidential primary. ...
5/5/2008
Election 2008: Rely on the facts
During the 1950s and '60s, the late actor Jack Webb played Sgt. Joe Friday, a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. "Dragnet," a hit television series, always opened with Webb saying, "My name is Friday; I carry a badge." ...
5/5/2008
Learn more about protecting our children in school
One of the most troubling debates in the last session of the General Assembly session came over a proposal to ban corporal punishment in schools. North Carolina is one of 21 states that allows adults to hit children at school as a form of discipline. ...
5/3/2008
Obama makes a fine appearance
The crowd at the Beddingfield High School gym was eager and enthusiastic Monday night. Barack Obama was coming, and many in the audience were there to pay tribute to a personal hero. ...
5/3/2008
Keep 'Letters to the Editor' part of the community
"Never argue with a man who buys his ink by the barrel." ...
5/3/2008
Blogosphere
Obama vs. Hansbrough ...
5/3/2008
Primary a good way to prepare for Nov.
Well, here it is. ...
5/9/2008
Legislators' resolve about spending will be tested
RALEIGH -- This month, state taxpayers will find out whether the North Carolina's legislative leaders are serious about being more efficient with their money or if they are simply wasting more of it themselves. ...
5/9/2008
The important numbers
The numbers Wednesday morning brought good news and bad news to the pundits, politicos and policy advocates poring over them, trying to understand what happened and looking for information to help them predict what will happen next. ...
5/7/2008
Bio-fuels are taking the food right out of people's mouths
Do you remember when your mother told you to clean your plate because "there are starving children in" fill-in-the-blank-country? The reason I say that is now you practically could fill-in-the blank with any country. Some are even killing each other in riots ... over food. Imagine that. ...
5/6/2008
What's Easley up to now?
RALEIGH -- So, Mike Easley has endorsed a candidate who is likely to lose the state's Democratic presidential primary. ...
5/5/2008
Election 2008: Rely on the facts
During the 1950s and '60s, the late actor Jack Webb played Sgt. Joe Friday, a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. "Dragnet," a hit television series, always opened with Webb saying, "My name is Friday; I carry a badge." ...
5/5/2008
Learn more about protecting our children in school
One of the most troubling debates in the last session of the General Assembly session came over a proposal to ban corporal punishment in schools. North Carolina is one of 21 states that allows adults to hit children at school as a form of discipline. ...
5/3/2008
Obama makes a fine appearance
The crowd at the Beddingfield High School gym was eager and enthusiastic Monday night. Barack Obama was coming, and many in the audience were there to pay tribute to a personal hero. ...
5/3/2008
Keep 'Letters to the Editor' part of the community
"Never argue with a man who buys his ink by the barrel." ...
5/3/2008
Blogosphere
Obama vs. Hansbrough ...
5/3/2008
Primary a good way to prepare for Nov.
Well, here it is. ...
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