Columns
Merit pay for teachers boosts student success
RALEIGH — How much say should the public have about public education? Parental revolts against “wok...
Democrats’ familiar debate: Left or center?
The headline raised the dreaded “c-word” that deeply divides Democrats — centrist: “Jackson projects...
The ugliest word, or the sweetest
Revenge. It may be the ugliest word in the English language. Or the sweetest when it describes a pol...
Navigating brain fog with humor and grace
Before I get into this week’s column, allow me to warn some of you that you might find it offensive....
Keep middle-class tax cut to boost NC families
Earlier this month, families across North Carolina breathed a sigh of relief in July as the middle-c...
Should wage and price controls return?
Fifty years ago, I was sitting in a summer school class studying microeconomics. I had just switched...
An altar call for the unvaccinated
Sometimes I hate it when I’m right. My April Fool’s column predicted that our return to life as we ...
To do good or do better?
RALEIGH — There are at least as many different ways to explain the origins of political disagreement...
Weekly devotional: Never go thirsty again
John 4:14 (ESV) “Whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The w...
Virtue signaling causes ice cream headache
Filling your freezer with Ben & Jerry’s won’t improve prospects for Palestinian statehood, and denyi...
What you'll hear in politics next year
It’s clear how the two political parties want to define the debate in next year’s elections, in Nort...
Fewer students major in humanities
RALEIGH — Most students attend colleges or universities primarily to acquire the knowledge, skills a...
Lessons from famous and ordinary people
What North Carolinians would you most like to be subject to a new biography? People whose lives are ...
Don't expand draft registration — end it
In a rare moment of moral clarity, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, points out that “America’s daughters...
Lack of enforcement enables sex buyers, human traffickers
In the United States, various institutions and groups have made efforts to combat the problem of hum...
local news
Bones reveal few clues in unsolved death
Arriving at the state medical examiner’s office in 20 paper bags, bones found scattered in the Forsy...
Granville County administration welcomes new hires
OXFORD — Granville County government announced the addition of two hires to the administration team....
Speakers sound off on Wilton Elementary closure
FRANKLINTON — Parents, grandparents, teachers and former students pleaded with the Granville County ...