op-ed

BUDD: Good News for NC’s Dairy Farmers

January 20, 2022 Rep. Ted Budd (NC-13)

The dairy industry is an invaluable part of the American economy, yet dairy farmers face hardships and obstacles that endanger the industry’s future growth. While the family farm I grew up on in Davie County […]

SKVARLA: Dormie Club leaves its conscience at the door

December 18, 2021 John E. Skvarla, III

Golf is ostensibly the game of gentlemen. A self-policing sport where players call penalties on themselves. One would associate these tenets with sportsmanship as its hallmark feature The Dormie Club in West End, North Carolina […]

HALL: Innovative School District is an education partner for local schools

January 31, 2018 admin

The Innovative School District (ISD) reached a major milestone when the Public Schools of Robeson County School Board recently voted unanimously to transfer Southside Ashpole Elementary in Rowland, N.C., into the ISD. Getting to that […]

Opinion

ROOT: A Just Legal Victory for Superintendent Johnson

August 2, 2017 admin

A Wake County Superior Court three judge panel justly pronounced in July that the State Board of Education (SBE), a body of part-time volunteer appointees, is subservient on policy matters to the people’s elected General […]

MULLIGAN: In defense of a robust federalism

July 26, 2017 admin

From its conception, federalism has been a central American feature. Our Founders wanted a system of decentralization and were careful to disperse power, not only between the three branches of the federal government, but also […]

FARLEY: Protecting Parental Rights in Light of the Charlie Gard

July 26, 2017 admin

The case of little Charlie Gard should strike fear in the heart of every parent. You’re probably familiar with his story. Baby Charlie was born last year in the UK and suffers from a rare, […]

North Carolina Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger

HENDERSON: Are N.C. Republicans bad for black families?

July 19, 2017 admin

In a recent op-ed in another newspaper (“The NC GOP have failed to address racial issues in the state,” June 29) UNC Chapel Hill professor Gene Nichol displays the usual condescending hysteria of white elites […]

DePETRIS: Trump should go easy on North Korea over Warmbier death

July 5, 2017 admin

Otto Warmbier was the quintessential American college student. He faced a promising future and was keen to broaden his view of the world. It was likely that sense of adventure that convinced him to join […]

BARRINGER: A focus on clinical research and drug development at the General Assembly

June 28, 2017 admin

Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking at a forum of scientists and researchers from across the nation hosted by QuintilesIMS, the world’s largest contract research organization (or “CRO”), which is headquartered right here in […]

CHILDRESS: Conservation and wildlife restoration hinge on our right to hunt and fish

June 21, 2017 admin

From the mountains to the coast, the strong hunting and fishing heritage in North Carolina runs deep. It began for me when my stepfather took me out in the woods near Winston-Salem to squirrel hunt […]