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HILL: The “Μολών λαβέ” attitude behind civil disobedience

May 19, 2020 Frank Hill

King Xerxes of Persia surrounded Spartan King Leonidas and 7,000 of his remaining warriors with 300,000 men at the narrow pass of Thermopylae fifty years prior to the Peloponnesian War. According to Plutarch, he sent […]

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MURPHY: One size solutions do not fit all problems

May 13, 2020 Greg Murphy

The COVID-19 pandemic has led each of us on different journeys. I have been reminded recently that we are not all in the same boat, but rather we are all in the same storm. A […]

HILL: Inside the mind of elected officials facing a crisis

April 29, 2020 Frank Hill

During a crisis such as COVID-19, it helps to understand the thinking that goes on in the minds of elected officials behind closed doors. First of all, they are human. They are fearful of making […]

TARTE: What would you do?

April 14, 2020 Jeff Tarte

As a former state senator, I have been asked many times what I would do regarding the stay-at-home order in North Carolina. The current SAH order expires on April 29. One state senator recently said […]

MATTHEWS: It’s okay to ask questions about when we begin to get back to normal

April 14, 2020 Stacey Matthews, North State Journal

With most states under either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home orders thanks to local or state governments, a majority of Americans are having to adjust to what is being called the “new normal.” Some of these orders […]