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ELLIOT: Trump and farmers
According to a poll during the 2016 campaign, farmers favored Donald Trump by a whopping 37 percentage points (55 percent to 18 percent) over Hillary Clinton. That was just a poll in October, but looking […]
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SON: America as Idea
For the first six years in America, we lived as illegals, but I did not know it. My father kept the fear of deportation to himself. His visa was approved by a bureaucratic mistake that […]
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MUNGER: Freedom is Hard
I understand that old people (that’s me) always think the “younger generation” is confused and likely to lead us to disaster. But….c’mon. Isn’t it true this time? Hasn’t our education system produced a giant cohort […]
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GUEST OPINION: Mandated middlemen hurt local breweries
Imagine for a moment that you start a small business. You invest your life savings, take enormous risks, and work long and hard to make your venture a success. Years later, your hard work has […]
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EDITORIAL: Sometimes its okay to get along
Recently Gov. Roy Cooper suggested the state raise teacher salaries, making it sound like a revolutionary idea he just thought up on a whim. Senate leader Phil Berger’s response was a snarky jab at Cooper’s […]
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ELLIOT: Early echoes of Easley worry NC news media
Can lawyers make transparent chief executives? In the post-World War II era, Americans have elected three lawyers to the Oval Office: Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. Only Clinton’s administration could be characterized as […]
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ELLIOT: Early echoes of Easley worry NC news media
Can lawyers make transparent chief executives? In the post-World War II era, Americans have elected three lawyers to the Oval Office: Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. Only Clinton’s administration could be characterized as […]
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WILLIAMS: Theres nothing free
It was Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman who made famous the adage, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” Professor Friedman could have added that there is a difference between something’s being free and […]
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NOTHSTINE: Town halls vital to democracy
The political divide and partisan activism may threaten future access to lawmakers. Many Republicans, including some in the North Carolina delegation, are scaling back the traditional town hall to avoid hostility and wrath from constituents. […]
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CLARENCE PAGE: Trumps reality TV presidency needs to get real
Why is President Donald Trump still trying to turn the media into the bad guys of his reality TV show, er, I mean presidency?If media bashing is the last refuge of scoundrels, as I often […]