Opinion
Pols should accept urban realities
If your goal is to alleviate traffic congestion and its adverse consequences, reduce the extent to which people enter vehicles of any kind in the first place, and how long they stay in them.
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Do me a solid
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Share the roads … and share the costs, too
Let me be clear, before I get too far into this piece, that I’m a big fan of good health. I try to eat right, I work out or run about every day, and, even at my advanced age, consider myself physically fit. I like bicycles, too, and I’m thinking about getting one. But they...
Opinion
Putting rightward nature of political polarization to rest
Partisan polarization has been a fixture of American politics for several decades now. Recently, analysts have argued it’s asymmetric. To be sure, Democrats have moved to the left. But they have not drifted from the middle ground as much as Republicans have to the right. Political scientists offer several explanations. Republican lawmakers tend to...
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Living in the past
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Money talks
Opinion
Political future may surprise us
A common political shorthand is to pit “neighborhood interests” against “developers.” But while past versions tended to associate the former with the Left and the latter with the Right, that formulation doesn’t capture the current mood.
Opinion
Now is no time to return redistricting to the shade
New maps proposed for 2020 legislative elections emerged from the most open, transparent process North Carolina ever has used to draw election lines. It would be a shame to see those maps tossed out through a process that lacks the same degree of transparency. But that opaque outcome remains a distinct possibility. It depends on...
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The perils of excessive consumption
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Circular logic
Opinion
Freedom has many meanings
Most North Carolinians recognize and agree with the state constitution’s mandate to provide universal access to taxpayer-funded schools. But how should these schools be constituted and governed?
Opinion
Media could learn a lesson on school choice in Wegmans mania
It’s hard to imagine, but did you know regular people can get as excited about new choices as Raleigh media get about new grocery store options? It’s true. I know, I know, that’s saying a lot, when you consider how excited Raleigh media have been to have new grocery options. Daily stories, inside looks, interviews...
