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Be more like Penelope Barker 

Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, gave a speech last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that explains what most Americans have forgotten about what makes America so exceptional.   Carney references a 1978 piece by Czech dissident Vaclav Havel wherein Havel explains the evolution of tacit compliance with socialist policies. The example he...

Claire Olson
Opinion

Failure in Europe’s past offers good reason for celebration today

Many of us will spend much of this year celebrating one of history’s great success stories. Now nearly 250 years old, the Declaration of Independence paved the way for our great nation. The declaration’s anniversary should spark a renewed interest in American history. But those who seek knowledge about our heritage might not stop there....

Mitch Kokai
Opinion

Reforming SNAP is a fiscal necessity

As several provisions of the reconciliation bill Congress passed last year come into effect, the North Carolina General Assembly may have to appropriate as much as $659 million a year to maintain the state’s participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), what used to be called Food Stamps. That’s a huge increase. Our state...

John Hood