You can pretty much guarantee that year after year, teachers’ unions and their allies will make one claim: —Our public school teachers are not paid enough and our public schools are underfunded. It is happening […]
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering two cases pertaining to gerrymandering, and its rulings are eagerly awaited by those concerned about the practice. Many commentators take it as axiomatic that gerrymandering is an ongoing scandal, but how problematic is it? The case is not as straightforward as it may first […]
Few men can say their lives were more “complicated” when it comes to abortion than me. My sister, Susan Hill, was a prominent abortion rights activist from the moment Roe vs. Wade was decided in 1973. She founded the National Women’s Health Organization which operated […]
The main selling point Joe Biden preaches on his presidential campaign stops is simple: If you want to end the partisan gridlock in Washington, D.C, he’s your guy. He’ll tell you he’s sometimes worked with […]
RALEIGH — The Hurricanes have swung their second trade in three days. After using its available cap space to get a first-round pick from Toronto to take on the final year of Patrick Marleau’s contract […]
CHAPEL HILL — Everything old is new again. Take artificial turf, for example. Unveiled in the 1960s with the opening of Houston’s Astrodome, fake grass became a fixture at stadiums all across the country over […]
RALEIGH — Wake Forest has had only two athletic directors over the past 55 years, a continuity that is unprecedented in the “what have you done for me lately” world of college sports. So when […]
RALEIGH — The crown jewels of the 2019 NHL Draft class are two dominant forwards: American center Jack Hughes and Finnish power forward Kaapo Kakko. The New Jersey Devils, who hold the first overall pick […]
The Carolina Hurricanes will have 10 picks in this weekend’s NHL Draft, which kickoffs Friday night with the first round. Unlike last year when Carolina picked second overall pick and landed Andrei Svechnikov, the Hurricanes […]
DETROIT — The Detroit home of President Ulysses S. Grant is being moved from the former Michigan State Fairgrounds to the Eastern Market, where it will be refashioned as a public education and resource center. […]
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