November 8, 2009
If the mayor-elect can work with eight council colleagues, secure four votes of support and effectively direct one manager, he'll serve the city well.
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Excerpts from an Oct. 21 interview with the News & Record editorial board.
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Standing in Tiananmen Square, under the gaze of a giant image of Chairman Mao, I found myself thinking about Greensboro's new city manager, Rashad Young. Young recently told this newspaper that he won't be paying attention to local blogs. "I do...
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BY DEBORAH ROSSI am frustrated by the constant, relentless and ridiculous number of school fundraisers I'm hit with throughout the school year. Other parents are, too.
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BY TOM CAMPBELL"Who Do You Trust?" was the name of a television game show in the late-1950s.
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BY D.G. MARTINWhat is the most segregated hour in the week?
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BY CHRIS FITZSIMONContrary to what you may have heard from most of the punditry and television's talking heads, Tuesdays' election results in North Carolina and across the nation did not provide compelling evidence that voters have rejecte...
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November 7, 2009
With millions of dollars at stake, the legislature should take steps to address any potential conflicts of interest as well as political influence.
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November 6, 2009
As new details surface about the hit-and-run death of a local bicyclist, they paint a picture of stunning negligence and denial on the part of the motorist.
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Sen. Kay Hagan was right to withdraw her recommendation of Superior Court Judge Calvin E. Murphy for an appointment to the federal bench. It was necessary to "avoid any appearance of favoritism from my office," she said in a statement. Hag...
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For generations, the sturdy Southerners who left the cotton fields for the cotton mills worked their way through flurries of lint, steaming humidity and suffocating heat toward the promised land in which the rhythm of the shuttle would give way to t...
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The moment of truth for health care is at hand, and the distortion that perhaps gets the most traction is this:
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On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall was pulled down to the consternation of leftists, who still had faith socialism could work with the right leaders, and to the delight of conservatives, who believed that socialism and communism guaranteed mutually sh...
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November 5, 2009
The $100,000 fine assessed against Mike Easley's campaign organization would do more good if state law held the former governor personally liable.
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No wonder parents living in the southeastern part of the county feel like they're being shortchanged by Guilford County Schools. Many supported last year's school construction bonds with the understanding that a new elementary school would be built...
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