Opinion

Mass shootings and valuing human life

The tragic death of five shooting victims in Raleigh should give us an extended pause. First, it should remind us of the immense value of life. For the ideologues, politics is and will remain the sole focus of the shooting. In fact, for many, frantic calls for gun control inevitably become the only solution. Yet,...

Ray Nothstine
Opinion

Preliminary data reveal extent of public school enrollment losses because of COVID-19

On Tuesday, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction released the average daily membership for the first month of the 2020-21 school year. The data represent the first of 10 student enrollment reports published by our state education agency throughout the school year. Compared to the same period last year, the first-month public school ADM declined...

Dr. Terry Stoops

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