When progressive pundit Cenk Uygur suggested the fledgling Department of Government Efficiency trim $400 billion — the sum of defense appropriations that auditors can’t trace — from the Pentagon’s annual budget, the nation’s most influential Republican businessman was all ears. Uygur’s cordial Nov. 19 exchange with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who President-elect Donald Trump appointed to lead the DOGE cost-cutting […]
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Our Opinion: Gift giveaways make Wilson’s Christmas bright
THUMBS UP to the organizers, volunteers and donors who brightened Christmas for hundreds of Wilson County kids with toy and gift giveaways last week. The Wilson County Department of Social Services’ Faith Connections program held its annual Christmas Clearinghouse at the county fairgrounds on Friday. Parents and guardians selected gifts while kids waited in a play area to preserve Christmas […]
Our Opinion: Sen. Budd is right to seek Hamas leaders’ extradition
THUMBS UP to Sen. Ted Budd and two Republican colleagues for reminding the Turkish government of its treaty obligation to hand Hamas leaders over to American authorities. Some of the terror group’s top commanders are now living in Turkey after Qatar expelled them from its capital, Doha, earlier this month. In addition to its status as a NATO ally, Turkey […]
Our Opinion: Wilsonians ready to root for new home team
THUMBS UP to the start of Minor League Baseball fever in Wilson with our soon-to-be home team scheduled to announce its name and mascot on Friday. The Milwaukee Brewers organization will rebrand its Single-A club in a public unveiling ceremony set for 2 p.m. at the Wilson Industrial Air Center. Currently known as the Carolina Mudcats, the team will have […]
Our Opinion: Efficiency effort has funny name, but vital mission
Before consultants hired to streamline Initech’s workforce thinned out the fictional software company’s corps of redundant middle managers, Bob Slydell (John C. McGinley) posed a pointed question to one particularly underutilized employee: “What would you say you do here?” The scene from Mike Judge’s 1999 cult classic “Office Space” resonates with Elon Musk, who President-elect Donald Trump has named, along […]
Our Opinion: Meyer’s actions match words on open government
In the year since North Carolina lawmakers voted themselves the power to override public records laws, state Sen. Graig Meyer has voluntarily released more than 140,000 emails in case constituents want to see how he’s conducting the people’s business. Meyer’s commitment to transparency earned him the North Carolina Press Association’s 2024 William C. Lassiter First Amendment Award, but the Hillsborough […]
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