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KRAWIEC: Thanksgiving, family and politics
(Bree Fowler / AP Photo) As I write this, my turkey is in the oven and the table is set. It’s Thanksgiving Day. By the time you read this, you will be creatively finding ways […]
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THOMPSON: Congress must make small business tax deductions permanent
(J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo) Main Street can’t seem to catch a break. Inflation may have eased off, but it’s still driven up the cost of everything from raw materials to rent. North Carolina’s […]
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Crutchfield & Willis: North Carolina must count every vote
People stand in line during the last day of early voting Saturday in Charlotte. (Mike Stewart / AP Photo) As elected Republicans serving North Carolina, we are compelled to speak out against a proposal that […]
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KELLOGG & HOELSCHER: Dual status disaster
Debris and trash rest around homes in Swannanoa on Oct. 10 in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. (Cory Lavalette / North State Journal) There has been much coverage and controversy about the failure to move […]
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HUDSON: Neighbors helping neighbors
The American Hebrew Academy campus in Greensboro is now the site of a government-run facility for migrant children. (Scott Pelkey / North State Journal) It breaks my heart to see the devastation brought to our […]
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PRAGER: People hate those who fight evil far more than those who are evil
I realized something very important about the human condition when I was in high school. I realized that people tend to hate those who fight evil far more than they hate those engaged in doing […]
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KRAWIEC: Keep the faith, but keep it to yourself
(Eric Gay / AP Photo) Many years ago, the famous atheist Madelyn Murray O’Hare wrote the above words in a Bible that belonged to a pastor known as the Chaplain of Bourbon Street, Bob Harrington. […]
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PRAGER: Israel derangement syndrome
A remnants of a walkie-talkie that was exploded inside a house on Sept. 18 in Lebanon is shown. (AP Photo) Julie Hartman, a 24-year-old woman with whom I do a weekly podcast (“Dennis & Julie”), […]
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MATTHEWS: NC press focus on Walz’s milkshake order during Raleigh visit
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, left, laughs while ordering a Cook Out milkshake with Gov. Roy Cooper during a visit to Raleigh on Aug. 29. (Kaitlin McKeown / The News & Observer via AP) Until last […]
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PARÉ: Can DMV pilot its way to shorter lines on the horizon?
Rep. Erin Pare, the only Republican who represents part of Wake County, asks the North Carolina House of Representatives not to concur on a bill that would remove a masking health exemption on the House […]