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For politicians, lots of blame and little control over jobs
RALEIGH – There may be no subject that politicians talk more about and have so little control over as jobs. There is good reason for it. No matter their relative impotence regarding the matter ...



Opossums are abundant, abominable outsiders
Remember this song? "Is it true what they say about Dixie / Does the sun really shine all the time / Do sweet magnolia’s blossom round everybody’s door / Do folks keep eating possum ...



Hiding behind nonprofit rules
RALEIGH – For more than four years now, the North Carolina courts have been sorting through complex issues surrounding lobbying and public disclosure of clients. Don Beason, once one of the mo ...



How about tomorrow night?
A couple of weeks ago I had one of those days. It was a Monday. Work was crazy and to top it off, I had a meeting after work and didn’t get home until 7:30 or so. It was just a long day. It happ ...



Wild creatures fight, fright and frolic
I’ve seen strange interaction between fur and feathers often over my years of observing wildlife. Unlike some folks, I’ve shared these experiences with, I’m neither surprised, awed, ...



Bully for belting baritone and bass bullfrogs
We have a small farm pond that is home to various aquatic species: fish we catch occasionally, and they aren’t spectacular; snapping turtles we capture and relocate; kingfisher birds we welcome; ...



Senate puts toe forward on tax reform
RALEIGH – Woo hoo! I’m going to save $650 a year! What? You haven’t plugged your income, your dependent information and your tax filing status in the new tax calculator set up by s ...



In the absence of argument
RALEIGH — "People generally quarrel,” G.K. Chesterton once wryly observed, "because they cannot argue.” To the extent North Carolina politics looks increasingly quarrel ...



Of vote totals and legislative majorities
RALEIGH – A decade or so ago, then-state Rep. Sam Ellis, a Wake County Republican, would occasionally hawk some statistics that he argued were evidence that voter preferences did not reflected i ...



Lovey and Dovey broke my feathered heart
When birds chirp, "Help,” soft-hearted humans respond. Or so it seems according to the number of calls I receive each year from sympathetic folks who discover injured or orphaned birds. Of ...



Birds' nests display decided differences
I have a little picture book of birds’ nests. It’s interesting to see how the different species make preparations for their young. When you think about it, birds build their nurseries us ...



Hog industry key to environmental win
RALEIGH – Who would have thought two decades ago that North Carolina hog farmers would prove pivotal in preserving an environmental law? It hasn’t been that long ago that the state&rsquo ...




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