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HARRIS: Less rancor, professor, and more reason

John Harris “Villainous.” “Terrorism.” “Lawlessness.” “Fraudulent.” These are some of the choice words that Professor Gene Nichol recently deployed against five elected justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court on the pages of the Charlotte Observer. The invective […]

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MATTHEWS: Hello, spring 

A bee searches for pollen on a flower during a sunny spring day. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) Why, hello there, springtime, you gorgeous thing, you.  Though most of the groundhogs here in North Carolina and Punxsutawney, […]

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HILL: Reticence and prudence 

Rochelle Gurstein wrote “The Repeal of Reticence” in 1996 which detailed ― and implicitly bemoaned ― the loss of personal privacy due mostly to intrusive prurient journalism.  “(Reverence for privacy)” she wrote, “should be understood […]