Opinion

From American Revolution to Ukraine, fight for freedom is universal

The spirit of the Ukrainian people should inspire all Americans as we stand at the critical crossroads. We should look to the Ukrainians and stand with them as they craft their own future of freedom and democracy.

Matthew Rybnicek
Opinion

Senator Tillis speaks truth on Ukraine

There is room for reasonable debate about how the United States should respond to the current Russo-Ukrainian War and other challenges to our longstanding interests and alliances in Europe, the Middle East, East Asia, and elsewhere. Our leaders must allocate scarce resources across multiple priorities. But no defensible foreign policy, no coherent strategy for advancing...

John Hood
News

Routh pleads not guilty in Trump assassination attempt

Ryan Wesley Routh has pled not guilty to five federal charges including attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump. Routh, who is originally from Greensboro, appeared in a Florida courtroom Monday for an arraignment that lasted just a few minutes.

CJ Staff

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Opinion

History is calling — will we answer?

Alexis de Tocqueville once described history as “a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.” Right now, in contested regions across the world, enemies of freedom and decency are adding new works of horror to this already gruesome gallery. Some American leaders have risen to the challenge of the moment....

John Hood
Opinion

Lawmakers should get serious about fraud

As Russia’s full-scale war against the independent country of Ukraine approaches its 20th month, the role of the United States in arming, training, and funding the Ukrainians has become a point of contention between Joe Biden and some of his potential GOP opponents, as well as among Republicans on Capitol Hill. Does the issue deserve...

John Hood
Opinion

Two tragedies for Ukraine and Russia

THE TRAGEDY OF THIS WAR For the last year, the world has been flooded with news of the impending and now the actual war of Russia against Ukraine. While numbers are incomplete, I estimate there have been at least 100,000 soldiers and civilians killed and many times that wounded and sickened. Then there are the...

Paul Stam
News

Russia bans N.C. congressional delegation citing ‘Russophobia’

The Russian Foreign Ministry released a list banning 963 Americans from entering Russia, including N.C.’s entire congressional delegation. In fact, President Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris, Sen. Tillis, Sen. Burr, and every member of Congress are named on the list released May 21. The three representatives who voted against banning Russian oil...

Brayden Marsh
News

Rising prices of fertilizer and diesel affecting farmers

Farmers across the country, including North Carolina, are “taking it on the chin” when it comes to diesel and fertilizer prices, which have risen to unprecedented levels. The U.S. is dependent on and a major importer of foreign fertilizer. Factors driving costs up include Russia’s war with Ukraine, a limited supply of the relevant minerals...

Theresa Opeka
Opinion

Tillis on Russia’s invasion: ‘Putin is a war criminal, hold him to account’

 Shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Congress via video Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis told N.C. reporters that Vladimir Putin and members of his regime must be held accountable for the numerous acts of war, aggression, and human rights abuses perpetrated under his watch. “I for one believe that we should use every...

Dallas Woodhouse