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Columns
5/10/2008
Inflation reminds me of the 1970s
It must be especially disconcerting for today's young workers -- those born in the past 30 years or so -- to see prices jumping wildly at the gasoline pump and at the grocery store. It's disconcerting enough for those of us who lived through the inflationary years of the 1970s and early 1980s. ...
5/10/2008
On prom night, it is the destination
According to a well-known adage, "It's not the destination, it's the journey." I had heard that prom was the same concept; the best part, according to my mother, would be "getting ready." ...
5/10/2008
Vote suppression effort is ignored
RALEIGH -- In the final week before the primary, the two Democratic presidential campaigns argued over gas tax proposals likely to be irrelevant by the time a new president is sworn into office. ...
5/10/2008
Primary voters clear up some N.C. political misconceptions
RALEIGH -- For months now, North Carolina candidates, consultants, activists, political analysts, and journalists have seen -- and to some extent helped to create -- a kind of political blur. On Tuesday, North Carolina voters brought several facts into crystal clarity. ...
5/10/2008
Blogosphere
Clinton's options narrowing ...
5/9/2008
Legislators' resolve about spending will be tested
RALEIGH -- This month, state taxpayers will find out whether the North Carolina's legislative leaders are serious about being more efficient with their money or if they are simply wasting more of it themselves. ...
5/9/2008
The important numbers
The numbers Wednesday morning brought good news and bad news to the pundits, politicos and policy advocates poring over them, trying to understand what happened and looking for information to help them predict what will happen next. ...
5/7/2008
Bio-fuels are taking the food right out of people's mouths
Do you remember when your mother told you to clean your plate because "there are starving children in" fill-in-the-blank-country? The reason I say that is now you practically could fill-in-the blank with any country. Some are even killing each other in riots ... over food. Imagine that. ...
5/6/2008
What's Easley up to now?
RALEIGH -- So, Mike Easley has endorsed a candidate who is likely to lose the state's Democratic presidential primary. ...
5/5/2008
Election 2008: Rely on the facts
During the 1950s and '60s, the late actor Jack Webb played Sgt. Joe Friday, a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. "Dragnet," a hit television series, always opened with Webb saying, "My name is Friday; I carry a badge." ...
5/5/2008
Learn more about protecting our children in school
One of the most troubling debates in the last session of the General Assembly session came over a proposal to ban corporal punishment in schools. North Carolina is one of 21 states that allows adults to hit children at school as a form of discipline. ...
5/10/2008
Inflation reminds me of the 1970s
It must be especially disconcerting for today's young workers -- those born in the past 30 years or so -- to see prices jumping wildly at the gasoline pump and at the grocery store. It's disconcerting enough for those of us who lived through the inflationary years of the 1970s and early 1980s. ...
5/10/2008
On prom night, it is the destination
According to a well-known adage, "It's not the destination, it's the journey." I had heard that prom was the same concept; the best part, according to my mother, would be "getting ready." ...
5/10/2008
Vote suppression effort is ignored
RALEIGH -- In the final week before the primary, the two Democratic presidential campaigns argued over gas tax proposals likely to be irrelevant by the time a new president is sworn into office. ...
5/10/2008
Primary voters clear up some N.C. political misconceptions
RALEIGH -- For months now, North Carolina candidates, consultants, activists, political analysts, and journalists have seen -- and to some extent helped to create -- a kind of political blur. On Tuesday, North Carolina voters brought several facts into crystal clarity. ...
5/10/2008
Blogosphere
Clinton's options narrowing ...
5/9/2008
Legislators' resolve about spending will be tested
RALEIGH -- This month, state taxpayers will find out whether the North Carolina's legislative leaders are serious about being more efficient with their money or if they are simply wasting more of it themselves. ...
5/9/2008
The important numbers
The numbers Wednesday morning brought good news and bad news to the pundits, politicos and policy advocates poring over them, trying to understand what happened and looking for information to help them predict what will happen next. ...
5/7/2008
Bio-fuels are taking the food right out of people's mouths
Do you remember when your mother told you to clean your plate because "there are starving children in" fill-in-the-blank-country? The reason I say that is now you practically could fill-in-the blank with any country. Some are even killing each other in riots ... over food. Imagine that. ...
5/6/2008
What's Easley up to now?
RALEIGH -- So, Mike Easley has endorsed a candidate who is likely to lose the state's Democratic presidential primary. ...
5/5/2008
Election 2008: Rely on the facts
During the 1950s and '60s, the late actor Jack Webb played Sgt. Joe Friday, a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. "Dragnet," a hit television series, always opened with Webb saying, "My name is Friday; I carry a badge." ...
5/5/2008
Learn more about protecting our children in school
One of the most troubling debates in the last session of the General Assembly session came over a proposal to ban corporal punishment in schools. North Carolina is one of 21 states that allows adults to hit children at school as a form of discipline. ...
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