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MCCARTHY: Why Sharpies are made in America again
October 19, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on MCCARTHY: Why Sharpies are made in America again(Evan Vucci / AP Photo) President Donald Trump loves a Sharpie pen, and now he has all the more reason to love the company that makes them. The president signed the flurry of executive orders [...] -
MOORE: Stop the health insurers’ raid on the Treasury
October 12, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on MOORE: Stop the health insurers’ raid on the Treasury(AP Photos) No one likes insurance companies — trying to get them to pay a claim is like wrenching a bone out of a dog’s clenched teeth — and now we have another reason to [...] -
BARONE: Donald Trump: Energy in the executive
October 10, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on BARONE: Donald Trump: Energy in the executivePresident Donald Trump waits to greet Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House on Tuesday. (Jacquelyn Martin / AP Photo) Whatever else you want to say about him, President Donald Trump has what [...] -
HILL: The Sputnik moment for civics in North Carolina public education
October 9, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion, unc Comments Off on HILL: The Sputnik moment for civics in North Carolina public educationA model Sputnik 1 is on display at the Prague, Czechoslovakia, exhibition on Oct. 7, 1957. (AP Photo) A bright light shone over the skies of North Carolina last week for the restoration of civility [...] -
MOORE: The case against Jerome Powell
October 4, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on MOORE: The case against Jerome PowellFederal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a Sept. 17 news conference in Washington, D.C. (Jacquelyn Martin / AP Photo) It’s hard to believe that a couple of years ago, Time magazine considered naming Federal [...] -
NAPIER: Time for corporate America to get back to business
October 3, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on NAPIER: Time for corporate America to get back to businessAmerican companies face a critical choice. In the wake of deepening polarization and social turmoil, they can continue aligning themselves with ideological radicalism that divides communities and undermines trust, or they can return to the [...] -
HILL: North Carolina is the NASA headquarters for high-quality health care
October 2, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on HILL: North Carolina is the NASA headquarters for high-quality health careDuke University Medical Center in Durham (Chuck Burton / AP Photo) Everyone knows how expensive health care and health care insurance have become over the past half-century. It is an escalation that began in the [...] -
MILLER: If God is love, don’t be a jerk
September 28, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on MILLER: If God is love, don’t be a jerkThe first time I heard the phrase “Dear John letter,” I was a freshman at Wake Forest being coached by a sophomore on the proper way to write a breakup letter to my high school [...] -
WHITE: The ‘Turning Point’ is here
September 26, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on WHITE: The ‘Turning Point’ is here(Courtesy Woody White) I felt the slow rise of heavy air as I walked across the UNC Wilmington campus earlier this week to attend the candlelight vigil for Charlie Kirk. As our footsteps fell on [...] -
HILL: Tyranny of the present
September 25, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on HILL: Tyranny of the presentU.S. reinforcements wade through the surf from a landing craft in the days following D-Day and the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France at Normandy in June 1944 during World War II. (Bert Brandt / AP [...]
