Storm chances spike as holiday weekend approaches
If the weather models can stay consistent, it looks as if the upcoming July Fourth weekend will prov...
Telling an aging relative she can’t drive anymore
North Carolina is blessed with more than its share of great writers. And I am looking over some of m...
Will Joe Biden really go stag?
Soaring prices. Social unrest. A resurgent Russia. A military withdrawal followed by the collapse of...
The right’s lonely war against Medicaid expansion is doomed
A dream so long enjoyed cannot cease without hardship. But the psychological pain of diminishing hop...
America needs a national day of mourning
While a portion of the nation recently celebrated a day of freedom and a beginning of progress on Ju...
Monday cold front to bring showers, storms
Daytime temperatures in our area are forecast to be typical for an early summer weekend as highs bot...
Abortion: No, Dobbs isn’t ‘decentralization’
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday handed down its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organizat...
Empty symbolism in the gun control debate
A product meant to keep beer and soda cans cold made Christy Clark hot under the collar. A former No...
Avoid making oaths that aren’t worth keeping
Among those who pledge to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, how many are nee...
Happy ‘holiday’ from gas tax? Maybe not so much
By popular demand, President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked Congress to pass a three-month “holiday” o...
Is male birth control finally at hand?
With the Supreme Court’s expected decision to overturn Roe v. Wade threatening to severely curtail w...
NC’s political imbalance calls for change
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the word balance. We refer to a well-balanced life as one with equ...
Stop punching political panic buttons
Remember when rapid automation was going to render large swaths of the workforce unemployed? Politi...
What happened to Florida’s defense of ‘parental rights’?
In late March, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was all about “parental rights,” signing what critics calle...
Rain chances to rise with temperatures this week
Much of our area still needs rain, and we have several chances during the next week. Showers and thu...
Licensing hurts consumers more than it helps
Although North Carolina has become a demonstrably freer place to live and work over the past 10 year...
Losing our best legislator
The North Carolina General Assembly is losing its best member. At least that’s what the member’s dad...
A gun safety immune response?
For years, the United States has been divided into two nations, with one of them smaller than, but d...
After comfortable weekend, heat to come roaring back
A large high pressure system moving down from Canada is set to give us something unusual — a very co...
Free Assange? Yes, but that’s not nearly enough
On June 17, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United S...