Opinion (380)
GUEST EDITORIAL: Athletic association censors cheer squad over Trump banner
Written by Wilson Times
Legal scholars are blowing the whistle on a North Carolina school district and the state’s high school sports sanctioning body following a free speech controversy.
Progressives and conservatives argue about economic policy all the time. At government’s current size and scope, would it better promote long-term growth to raise taxes and spend more or to lower taxes and spend less? During a recession, should government try to bolster demand by running large budget deficits or should it economize to keep debt from exploding?
COLUMN: Ticking away the moments that make up a full day
Written by Joe Weaver
My wife says I am obsessed with time. Keep in mind, this is coming from someone who does not wear a wristwatch, but sets alarms on her phone for everything under the sun.
COLUMN: Want to Solve the vape crisis? End marijuana prohibition
Written by Brittany Hunter
The “Great Vape Scare of 2019” is well underway, as more than 380 people have been diagnosed with a severe lung condition that has been traced back to the use of e-cigarettes and THC vaping devices. So far, seven people have died as a result. But governments rush to ban vape products that may or may not be responsible for causing the damage.
COLUMN: Navy's attitude about releasing UFO videos is more disturbing than the videos
Written by Thomas L. Knapp
The U.S. Navy confirms that three online videos showing two military air encounters with what it calls "unexplained aerial phenomena," and the rest of us call "unidentified flying objects" are authentic, Popular Mechanics reports.
It began with flubs. It ended in fury. And it made North Carolina politics even more rancorous and destructive. I’m referring, of course, to a 55-9 vote in the House last week to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget veto.
COLUMN: Chappelle defeats ‘cancel culture’ and confounds his critics
Written by Corey Friedman - Wilson Times
It’s “cruelty,” Salon’s Melanie McFarland scolds.
“Offensive in all the wrong ways,” wails Vice’s Patrick Marlborough.
Most popularly — to repeat a charge several critics have lobbed — Dave Chappelle is “punching down.”
COLUMN: When browsing for old songs online, be careful out there
Written by Joe Weaver
I get bored pretty easily. When I do, I have a few go-to things that I do when I get bored.
COLUMN: Universal Basic Income is a totalitarian state's dream scheme
Written by Thomas L. Knapp
Andrew Yang's small but solid polling in the Democratic Party's 2020 nomination race shows that "Universal Basic Income" has gone from a fringe idea to an idea with a foothold in the popular consciousness.
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I remember when the inherent boredom of redistricting was a laugh line.
GUEST EDITORIAL: Take mapmaking tools away from self-serving pols
Written by Wilson Times
Judges have sent North Carolina lawmakers back to the drawing board to redraft the state’s lopsided legislative district maps. Again.
Op-ed: Why I returned to rural North Carolina and why other young people should too
Written by Shayla Douglas
“Go to school and make a life outside of Richmond County, there’s nothing here.”
This sentence is one I heard too many times to count growing up in Hamlet, N.C., and I’m sure many others did as well.
OP-ED: By voting for President Trump, North Carolinians will vote for economic prosperity
Written by Ted Harvey
As North Carolina prepares to host President Trump, its people have plenty to celebrate because of him.
