On Tuesday in Rocky Mount, Gov. Pat McCrory announced CSX will open a new intermodal terminal, the $272 million Carolina Connector (CCX) project. Construction of the cargo-transfer facility will create 250 to 300 short-term jobs […]
“In less than 72 hours, we’ve seen two lives and two souls of black men dead, and now we’ve seen five lives and five souls of policemen dead.We see two fathers, two sons, […]
According to recent data verified by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, the demographic makeup of the children in our state’s traditional public school systems and public charter schools is almost identical. Except for the […]
Any student of the American Revolution and the critical period that followed it will recognize the name Montesquieu, and the role he played in shaping our Constitution.He was cited early and often by the Founders, […]
Brexit’ is a harbinger for American politics: the core error of the EU’s leadership is present on our side of the Atlantic as well.The critical lens for understanding the ‘Brexit’ vote is sovereignty: the foundational […]
Before the 2008 election, North Carolina’s outcome in the presidential contest was almost always a foregone conclusion. In 2008, the concept of North Carolina as a presidential battleground state was so unfamiliar to the national […]
Brazil was once praised as the “land of the future,” and the Summer Olympics was expected to herald the arrival of Rio de Janeiro as an emerging first-class city. Now the host city is awash […]
As a kid, I had high hopes. “I don’t want to be a millionaire,” said my favorite T-shirt. “I just want to live like one.” That’s my impression of autocrat-in-progress Donald J. Trump. He doesn’t […]
Anybody who pays attention to the news knows that there is a hysterical rush by many politicians and pundits to call for gun control after a mass shooting. While some use the tragedy for their […]
That’s interesting, but I bet you don’t write about my home county. I’m from Windsor in Bertie County.”That was the response I received from a lady in Winston-Salem after I told her I was the […]
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