Opinion (933)
OPINION: Will 2022 midterms be 1994 like tidal wave?
Written by Ray Nothstine
Conventional wisdom holds that the political party in the White House tends to lose seats in mid-term elections. Yet, 1994 turned into a proverbial bloodbath for Democrats.
OPINION: Claims about disproportionate benefits fall flatter than the flat tax
Written by Mitch Kokai
I’m no mind reader. So it’s hard to tell whether a recent attack on proposed N.C. tax cuts represents a case of willful ignorance or deliberate misdirection.
I’m back from Sweden. It was a great trip. I learned quite a bit and look forward to going back to learn more.
OPINION: Marxist student group demands abolition of Hayek Society at London School of Economics
Written by Lawrence Reed
“Wherever books are burned,” wrote the German journalist and poet Heinrich Heine, “men in the end will also burn.”
OPINION: It’s time to say ‘no’ to the massive tax conservatives are imposing on Americans
Written by Rob Schofield
As P.T. Barnum is so famously credited with observing a century and half ago, Americans can be a surprisingly credulous people. Whether it’s a circus sideshow curiosity, a new cure-all elixir or a supposedly surefire “get rich” scheme, ours is a nation of hopeful people who like to believe in and celebrate the claims of convincing and seemingly successful salespeople, while averting our eyes from their transgressions and excesses.
OPINION: Don't expand draft registration — end it
Written by Thomas L. Knapp
In a rare moment of moral clarity, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) points out that "America's daughters shouldn't be drafted against their will."
Most students attend colleges or universities primarily to acquire the knowledge, skills, and credentials required to get a rewarding job.
GUEST EDITORIAL: Lawmakers, be good sports and kindly butt out
Written by Wilson Times
When legislators have a vested interest in the outcome, no institution is safe from their meddling — not even a group as far removed from politics as the state’s sanctioning body for high school sports.
LETTER: The Age of Disinformation: When you can’t trust what you see with your own eyes
Written by Letter to the Editor Contributor
To the editor:
Trust in facts is a cornerstone of American democracy. Disinformation and distrust of the media have been major contributors to our socially, politically and economically polarized society.
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I’m so tired of the Critical Race Theory debate. I’ve been hearing a version of it all my life. It’s just more dog whistles designed to scare and motivate the GOP’s White, predominantly rural base. In the past, Black men were going to take White women. Then, they were going to take White neighborhoods. Jesse Helms said they were going to take White jobs. Now, they are going to take White history. It’s just exhausting listening to all the hyperbole and self-serving, self-righteousness coming from Republican leaders in need of a racial wedge issue.
OPINION: Sowing death and destruction for political gain: the GOP and vaccine hostility
Written by Rob Schofield
There have been many contributing factors to the disastrous scope and scale of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States over the past year, but right now, tragically, misinformation and ignorance top the list.
OPINION: Congressional proxy voting? No. Do the job or quit the job
Written by Thomas L. Knapp
"When the House revamped its rules in the early days of the pandemic to allow lawmakers to vote remotely," Nicholas Fandos reports at the New York Times, "Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina was among 161 Republicans who sued to block the arrangement, arguing that it 'subverts' the Constitution."
One of the best ways to save black lives and help poor North Carolinians would be to increase funding for North Carolina police departments and sheriffs.
