For more than a decade we’ve studied the problem exhaustively, we’ve talked about it almost incessantly, we’ve engaged the latest curriculum du jour, and have spent more than $50 …
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BY TOM CAMPBELL, Columnist
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3/29/23
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Oh no, oh no! I got swamped! Swamped by an intended kindness gone awry.
You want to know what transpired? Well, remember, you asked!
During a recent interaction with a person I’d not met …
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BY JAN HUTTTON, Columnist
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3/29/23
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North Carolina is about to become the 40th state to expand its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act. The bill drew huge, bipartisan majorities of legislators.
Republican leaders resisted …
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BY JOHN HOOD, Columnist
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3/29/23
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When my first grandchild Charlotte was born just over a week ago, my simultaneous reactions were: “It’s about time,” and, “I’m not ready for this.”
As …
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BY BILL HORNER III, Publisher
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3/29/23
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Phillip Gerard’s latest book, “North Carolina in the 1950s: the decade in motion,” came out in early March.
That might sound impossible because Gerard died last year on Nov. 7. …
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BY D.G. MARTIN, Columnist
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3/29/23
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North Carolina is the birthplace of miniature golf. Like Ohio mistakenly claims to be “first in flight,” Tennessee makes false claims on putt-putt. Don’t be fooled.
Shipping …
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BY ANDREW TAYLOR-TROUTMAN, Columnist
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3/29/23
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All the cars are yellow.
Trucks, too.
Yours, mine, everyone’s.
No matter what color they started out as or where you find them — driveway, highway, or car lot — …
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BY BOB WACHS, Columnist
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3/29/23
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