Opinion
How to not win wars
Setting public deadlines, exit strategies, and casualty limits is a time-honored way to lose wars.
Opinion
Red tape is holding back Alzheimer’s care. Carolinians deserve better.
The NC co-sponsors of the legislation — US Reps. Deborah Ross, Addison McDowell, Richard Hudson, and Alma Adams — should be applauded for prioritizing Alzheimer’s care.
Opinion
The NC Capitol grounds needs more monuments
We should honor the past, make sense of the present, and leave something for the future by building again on our shared public squares. And we do have space available.
Opinion
Shot clocks for permits make sense
NC is again at the forefront of debate about shot clocks — only these apply not to players in a game but to officials in regulatory proceedings.
Opinion
The disturbing trend of erasing history
It doesn't make sense to pretend that now-tainted events never took place.
Opinion
Political Lessons in Humility
How could the NC electorate show no stronger level of support for Jim Hunt, a significant political figure since the 1970s, than they do for Scottie McCreery.
News
Six Figure Government Pension Payouts On the Rise
RALEIGH — More than 250 people covered by the North Carolina pension system make more than $100,000 annually in pension payments, and a handful are paid more than the limits for pension payments allowed by the Internal Revenue Service, which top out at $195,000.
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State Funds Tagged for ‘Hall of Champions’
GREENSBORO — The costs of supporting the taxpayer-funded Greensboro Coliseum are now spread throughout the state of North Carolina. The Greensboro City Council, at the request of coliseum director Matt Brown, recently released $2 million in state funds to begin the first phase of a proposed Atlantic Coast Conference Hall of Champions.
Opinion
It’s Ballantine’s Day
Patrick Ballantine resigned not just his leadership post but also his Senate seat to run for governor. Will this separate him from a still-amorphous pack of candidates?
Opinion
Call. 86: UNC Responds to NCAA Study
On November 30, Clarion Call reported the results of study by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The study found that Duke University athletes post high graduation rates, while graduation rates for UNC athletes were mediocre. But the results for UNC should not be interpreted negatively, says Steve Kirschner, Director of Communications for UNC's Athletic Department.
Opinion
Call. 73: Is UNC-CH’s Athletic Budget as Trim as Possible?
Dean Smith, Bill Guthridge, Pat Sullivan, Phil Ford, and Dave Hanners. All of them are former coaches for men's basketball at UNC-CH. Yet every one of them is currently on UNC-CH's payroll.
