Columns
3 questions after the primary
Last week saw one of the livelier primaries North Carolina has held in recent years. But for all the...
How will the hospitality industry change?
The North Carolina hospitality industry, primarily composed of restaurants and hotels, is a multi-bi...
Making democracy happen
Many Americans seem to feel that democracy is a reward that society reaps by enabling free, individu...
The real meaning of the word ‘prompt’
“Failed gun legislation is the norm,” reads the headline at Axios, “after mass shootings like Buffal...
Housing prices reflect changes in work
It was bound to happen. The percentage of adults working from home has fallen significantly from its...
Election winners: Trump, outside money and rage
Pundits and politicos like to talk about “mainstream” or “Main Street” Republicans, as if they made ...
Scammers target consumers with cryptocurrency scams
Scammers are always looking for what’s new and popular to strike the unsuspecting. Cryptocurrency is...
Suppressing insane ideas doesn’t stop insane conduct
Why did Payton Gendron — allegedly, but he livestreamed it, so it’s not like there’s much doubt — mu...
When Carolinians killed Carolinians
Two hundred and fifty-one years ago this month, two large groups of armed North Carolinians camped a...
How will NC’s Trump-endorsed candidates fare?
How are we going to use the results of the May 17 primary to measure Donald Trump’s influence over t...
For progress, move NC toward a neo-Morehead-ism
By 1840, when John Motley Morehead took office as governor of North Carolina, the illiteracy rate fo...
Ukraine war highlights 2 empires in decline
Nearly three months into the war Ukraine, events upended quite a few assumptions by quite a few peop...
In school prayer, let the students lead
The religious right will rejoice if the Supreme Court upbraids a public school district for parting ...
Wise spending, saving can stretch NC’s surplus
When lawmakers return to Raleigh on May 18 for the biennial “short session,” they will be greeted by...
Telehealth genie has escaped its bottle
Before the onset of COVID-19 in early 2020, patients who preferred to obtain medical services throug...