North Carolina elected leaders have enacted several ineffective and misleading laws over the years, but when it comes to undermining public confidence in government and taking advantage of vulnerable people, the badly misnamed “education lottery” has to be near the bottom of any “worst of” list.
RALEIGH — When I returned home to North Carolina from the nation’s capital in 1989 and subsequently registered to vote, I opted not to join a political party. Although my conservative views were already well-established — and publicly on display in the syndicated newspaper column I’d created…
Whoever designed the stretch of Battleground Avenue that rubs elbows with Lawndale Drive, Westover Terrace and what once was an active railroad track must have been wearing a blindfold. In the dark.
Critics can’t agree on what “woke” means. Going back a bit into our history is the idea of Black people being “woke” from the oppression of the white man and what we, as a society, can do about it. But the term has been appropriated for a variety of left-wing causes.
Elizabeth Warren has issued serial apologies for saying, when asked whether Joe Biden should keep Kamala Harris as his running mate, "I really want to defer to what makes Biden comfortable on his team." She went on to say, "I like Kamala," which is what we call "damning with faint praise."
Alzheimer’s.
One local bill at a time, state lawmakers have nearly tripled the number of partisan school boards across North Carolina over the last decade — often over the objections of school board members themselves.
Partisans and progressives who fear open, civil debate and free inquiry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have misstated the origin of its proposed School of Civic Life and Leadership — a misrepresentation the press has done far too little to correct.
One local bill at a time, state lawmakers have nearly tripled the number of partisan school boards across North Carolina over the last decade — often over the objections of school board members themselves.
Country music appeals to the heart not the head, but if you look deeply enough, you may discover a profound message hidden in the apparent simplicity of the lyrics. The duet by Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty, “You’re the reason our kids are ugly,” is a classic example.
Before I had kids, I can remember thinking, as I watched a mom struggling with her toddler in the grocery store: I won’t ever find myself in such a predicament. I’ve read a ton about effective parenting strategies. I will know what to do. It’s simple.
The ministers of morality might want to address the 'wacky wabbit'
Now Donald Trump wants to blame Mike Pence for the people who shouted, “Hang Mike Pence”?
‘CPAC: where hyperbole goes to die.”
One of the benefits of being a Washington insider, from the president of the United States to the lowliest bureaucrat, is never having to admit your policies are wrong.
Opinion: We often spend too much time eliminating discrete sources of harm rather than creating supportive environments.
🎧 The hosts discuss how people's tendencies to catastrophize so many things can lead to an inaccurate view of the world in which we live.
Biden’s 3.2% increase is a cut in real terms despite rising threats
Agreement would encourage sustainable fisheries and reduce marine pollution
RALEIGH — When the coronavirus pandemic struck in early 2020, Gov. Roy Cooper and other officials began exercising government power in ways unprecedented in modern times. They shut down businesses, withheld basic public services such as in-person schooling, and ordered healthy, law-abiding c…
Members of the Republican party, including Sens. Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham, are pushing back on Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis after he said Russia's war in Ukraine is a "territorial dispute" and not of "vital national interest."
Less than a year after the N.C. Supreme Court announced its decision in Harper v. Hall, determining that extreme partisan gerrymandering violates the North Carolina Constitution, the court heard the very same case again on Tuesday. This rehearing occurred not because of any change in the law…
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Misleading information is being fed to liberals and conservatives within their ideological bubbles. How the left deals with misinformation is the topic of this week's Utterly Moderate Podcast.
The elderly woman looked determined as she walked slowly toward the voter registration desk, her three-pronged cane punctuating her fortitude. She was there to vote, and nothing -- not her age-weakened legs or her failing hearing -- would get in her way. She was among the many voters we encountered as we worked the polls in the November 2022 elections.
North Carolina has witnessed a spate of glowing and upbeat news reports and commentaries in recent days after Republican legislative leaders announced last week that they had reached an agreement to expand the state’s Medicaid program.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson recently aired on his show portions of the Jan. 6 video footage he received from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Carlson claims the previously unseen video shows a broader picture than the narrow one crafted by the House Select Committee.
RALEIGH — During the early stage of the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, my daily commute got super easy. Then it got scary hard.
Sixty four years ago, Farmville, Va., became the only place in the nation without public education. When Farmville and Prince Edward County were ordered to comply with the Brown v. Board of Education desegregation ruling, the local school board cut off funding and closed every school in the county.
Most people hate springing forward and falling back every year. Moving clocks ahead one hour in March only to return them to their previous settings in November wastes time — literally.
Daylight saving time from spring to fall provides many advantages for most of the year.
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