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May 16, 2012

Budget slashes trails, greenways and arts

Our county manager has presented another budget that continues to gut funding for arts, trails, greenways and open space programs in Guilford County. This is small potatoes in a budget of more than $500 million. As a resident of a city, I pay for my own p... Read More

Amendment embeds discrimination in state

I was not surprised that 61 percent of North Carolina voters decided to enshrine discrimination into their state’s constitution. I suspect that discrimination is embedded in the North Carolinian DNA. However, I was appalled that Patrick Wooden Sr. s... Read More

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'Majority’ didn’t speak

If you think your voice and your vote don’t matter, think again.May 8’s vote to approve Amendment One was a wake-up call: Less than 14 percent of North Carolinians made up the “majority” that wrote discrimination into our state con... Read More

Stereotype confirmed

I want to thank North Carolina for passing Amendment One. All we did was to reinforce the stereotype of Southern ignorance and intolerance. If family values are at the heart of the passage, then you need to take a good look at the divorce rate in this sta... Read More

Don’t be fooled

Timing is everything. Obama waited until the presidential election was near before giving his OK to same-sex marriage. He’s trying to get votes. That doesn’t make him deserving of them. It’s only a tiny, yet I agree, important issue, in... Read More

May 15, 2012

Obama didn’t deliver on his lofty promises

The president supports gay marriage. The president would require people to refute their own religion by supplying contraceptive devices on demand. The president won’t let go of the fiasco in Afghanistan even though there is no longer any vital Ameri... Read More

North Carolina chose the honorable path

As a born and bred North Carolinian, I have never been more proud of my state than I was on May 8. We showed we have avoided the morass of political correctness and have joined the progressive states that have the strong values and principles that will le... Read More

We’ve struck a blow for narrow-minded

Congratulations, North Carolina, on the passage of Amendment One. Read More

Being thin does not mean being miserable

I was saddened by the final paragraph in Kathleen Parker’s (May 9) article on obesity. How will we ever learn to eat healthfully if it is portrayed as “ruining your life”? I come from a family of “genetically” inclined obese... Read More

Amendment One vote democracy in action

Some people are demanding that May 8’s election result concerning Amendment One be thrown out. I note that most of the protesters appeared to be college students. What are they teaching in the colleges now? Read More

May 14, 2012

Look at the positive aspects of India

A CounterpointBy Krishna BaluThe articles written by Rosemary Roberts about India (April 13, 20 and 27) provide a biased view. Although there is some truth in the statements regarding poverty, corruption and overpopulation, there are many discrepancies in... Read More

City created downtown noise issue

A  Counterpoint By W.E. HeasleyAn item that seems obscured in the entire noise ordinance debate is the progression of events in downtown Greensboro. If memory serves, downtown Greensboro was “dying,” and hence the death of downtown s... Read More

May 13, 2012

Let’s try experiment on three other planets

I enjoy science and all the benefits that accrue from the things scientists have learned that technicians have used to enhance living on this planet. Read More

Obama promotes lifetime of handouts

The latest campaign gimmick from President Obama is a composite female named Julia who is subsidized at all phases of her life by government programs created or promoted by Obama. Julia is introduced to government handout programs via the Headstart progra... Read More

People need help, and politicians benefit

The recent crackdown on Medicaid fraud shows there is major corruption in the entitlement programs designed to help those who truly need this assistance. If you investigated all the other federal programs designed to help those who really need them, there... Read More

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