Opinion
No. 121: The Mysterious History of Worlds Together, Worlds Apart
• Robert L. Tignor, et al: Worlds Together, Worlds Apart; W.W. Norton & Co.; 2002; 462pp.; $62.50
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Unblocking NC’s Economic Arteries
Activist groups are resisting legislation to speed up the regulatory process, where delay is one of the impediments to a healthier North Carolina economy.
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Here’s to you, legislature
North Carolina lawmakers got one very right last week by loosening the regulation of alcohol sales at restaurants. Maybe sound legislating will be habit-forming.
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Opening the Credibility Gap
Political power often relies on credibility, which is why both Richard Morgan and a top Democratic political aide lost a little power last week.
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No. 673: Affirmative Action: My Grading Policy
Dear UNC-Wilmington Students: For years, my well-known opposition to “affirmative action” has been a source of great controversy across our campus, particularly among UNCW faculty. Many have assumed that my position on this topic has been a function of personal prejudice or “insensitivity” to the needs of various “disenfranchised” groups on campus and in society in general. In reality, my opposition to affirmative action has been based on personal experience.
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No. 675: Other Newspapers Follow N.Y. Times’ Path to Scandal
The Jayson Blair scandal revealed a lot more about today’s newspaper business than journalists would like to admit.
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No. 674: Racial Preferences’ Fate in N.C. Hinges on Michigan Case
All eyes are on Michigan now, thanks to a case before the Supreme Court involving the University of Michigan Law Schools’ use of racial preferences in admissions decisions. It is a case being watched with extreme interest by North Carolina's higher-education officials, public and private.
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To Please U.S. News & World Report, UNC Wants to Cut In-State Enrollment
The latest raspberry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to the state's hoi polloi is that their kids aren't good enough to fulfill Chancellor James Moeser's vision of achieving "the best public university in the nation." Thus UNC-CH wants to cut the proportion of students it enrolls from NC.
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Right Message — but Right Messenger?
Sen. John Edwards stresses that Democrats can't win at the national level if they ignore the "fly-over country." But can he deliver on his own promise?
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No. 672: GOP Defectors Help Steer N.C. Deeper Into Insolvency
So pleased were some members of the North Carolina House when the chamber quickly voted for the state’s 2003-'05 budget plan April 17 that they applauded their own handiwork. Handshaking and back-slapping was the order of the day.
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The Hospital Fight
North Carolina officials are right to build a new, more efficient psychiatric hospital -- but wrong to let politics or economic development concerns guide its location.
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The Law School’s Phony Argument
UNC-Chapel Hill's politicized School of Law is arguing that race-based admissions would lead to resegregation. So why didn't this happen in California or Texas?
