Opinion (250)
COLUMN: Universal background checks are back
Written by Jose Alberto Nino
While everyone was chatting about the 2018-2019 United States government shutdown, House Democrats introduced a universal background check bill H.R. 8 on Jan. 8, 2019.
The traditional depiction of Lady Justice is a woman wearing a blindfold to demonstrate impartiality. In her right hand she wields a sword (symbolizing swift punishment for the guilty). Her left arm holds aloft a scale to weigh the opposing sides' cases — publicly, for all to see.
There’s an old maxim in American politics, usually attributed to former U.S. Senator and Nixon administration cabinet secretary Daniel Patrick Moynihan, that “Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not to their own facts.” Would that Moynihan were still alive today so that he could direct a reminder of this simple truth toward North Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger.
If the most important factor determining the welfare of workers is the growth rate of the economy, that has policy implications that free-market conservatives, among others, will welcome.
LETTER: Small-town nostalgia
Written by Letter to the Editor Contributor
To the editor:
In 1966, my family moved to Hamlet, North Carolina. My father was the terminal superintendent there with the Seaboard Airline Railroad. We came from Savannah, Georgia, and had no idea what to expect.
COLUMN: It's time to reform the way N.C. controls liquor
Written by John Trump - Carolina Journal News Service
It’s time to wake up, North Carolina. Enough is truly enough.
In truth, it’s well past time lawmakers take substantive steps toward rewriting or eliminating much of the arcane laws governing alcohol, painfully documented in N.C. General Statute 18b.
We all know the old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. It's been ingrained in our minds as long as we can remember.
LETTER: The Bible is pro-coercion
Written by Letter to the Editor Contributor
To the editor:
This is a response to Michael Maharrey's opinion column “Is the Bible 'Pro-Government?'”
Let's begin by stating some obvious facts.
EDITORIAL: Third parties, unaffiliated voters should have a say on elections boards
Written by The Richmond Observer
While North Carolina has become more accommodating to those outside the two-party paradigm, with the recent recognition of the Green and Constitution parties, third-party and unaffiliated voters are still getting the shaft.
More...
When I was kid, National Lampoon released its parody of high school yearbooks. It was a send-up that was irreverent, bawdy, and hilarious. I was 10 years old when it came out and, along with Mad Magazine, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "Saturday Night Live" skits, it shaped my sense of humor. It could never be published today.
COLUMN: 'No-knock raid' is just another term for 'violent home invasion'
Written by Thomas L. Knapp
On Jan. 28, home invaders murdered 58-year-old Rhogena Nicholas and 59-year-old Dennis Tuttle of Houston, Texas. Nicholas and Tuttle wounded five of the (numerous) armed burglars before being slain.
I have written a syndicated column on politics and public policy for North Carolina newspapers since 1986. Have I influenced how readers think about the issues I discuss? I certainly hope so, at least to some extent.
As proven many times, if you put letters together, you can form words. If you string words together, you get paragraphs. Assemble a number of paragraphs together, and you get a story. If you put the stories together, you have a lifetime.
Subscribe Now Premium Observer