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Opinion
Party Disunity Can Be Fatal
In 1984, Sen. Jesse Helms believed a bitter Republican primary for governor would hurt his party’s prospects up and down the ballot, very much including his own.
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Volkswagen’s crime
Opinion
Pope Francis, Religious Liberty, and Capitalism
The only socio-economic arrangement that can guarantee the rights of all people to exercise their religious beliefs freely is capitalism.
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Which religion?
Opinion
Bad Forecast on Early Voting
Predicting political events is hard enough. It is impossible if you allow your assumptions to supplant the evidence.
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GOP congressional leadership
Opinion
Journalists And Demeanor
The number of lines professional journalists will not cross seems to be dwindling.
Opinion
Citizens, Not Cronies, Are Top Stakeholders in Energy Debate
An addition to the N.C. Senate's farm bill would spell bad news for the objective study of renewable energy's costs and benefits.
Opinion
Making Spending Visible and Trackable
A new Web portal will make it easier for citizens, researchers, and policymakers to see how much each unit of North Carolina government is spending, and on what.
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Ohio Transplant Tourgee Influenced Reconstruction-Era N.C.
Early civil-rights advocate Albion Tourgee was a successful judge, litigator, and fiction writer.
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State Initiates Building Boom
This year, Gov. Pat McCrory and the General Assembly enacted one of the largest increases in transportation funding in modern North Carolina history.
