Prison is not supposed to be pleasant. It is a place for people to be punished for their crimes, hopefully rehabilitating them in the process. It is also a place where we can separate dangerous people from the rest of society. But if the state is going to justly strip offenders of their freedom, their...
The ability to learn about virtually any topic instantly is one of the beauties of living in the internet era. But it can be a bit of double-edged sword for those who’d prefer the public not be aware of some of these details. This is the situation Durham Mayor Elaine O’Neal and City Council members...
If you only ever read The Washington Post or The New York Times and watch MSNBC, you might believe conservatives have nothing to say about race. The view that conservatives are racists is prominent in academia, too. The “Southern Strategy” theory argues the GOP built its Southern base by appealing to white racism. The theory...
Republican legislative leaders fear more lawsuits and constitutional showdowns with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper will occur if, in their view, he keeps stepping on their control over state revenues. The concerns surfaced during a Wednesday, Aug. 29, meeting of the Joint Legislative Committee on Governmental Operations. Lawmakers created an investigative subcommittee to probe Cooper’s involvement...
When most North Carolinians think of terrorism, ISIS and al-Qaida come to mind. But there is another form of terrorism closer to home — right here in North Carolina — and that’s the violent, vicious street gang known as Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. If you’re not familiar with MS-13, according to Wikipedia, the gang originated in Los Angeles. It was founded in the 1980s by Salvadoran immigrants who came to the United States after the...
Before Twilight or “True Blood,” Lestat or Angel (but not before Dracula), there was “Dark Shadows” and its enigmatic undead protagonist Barnabas Collins. As you may know, the iconic daytime soap of the 1960s will be revived in film this summer by director Tim Burton, with his favorite collaborator Johnny Depp bringing Barnabas back to life, as it were, on the silver screen.
CHAPEL HILL — Fox News Channel chairman and CEO Roger Ailes blended wry wit and blunt assessment in deadpan delivery in an hour-long talk to more than 200 audience members at the 23rd Roy H. Park Distinguished Lecture at UNC- Chapel Hill Thursday.
In a Sunday piece, The Charlotte Observer employs all the steps used by the mainstream media to mislead readers.
The Washington press corps is showing signs of getting over its Obama swoon.
If lawmakers want to improve North Carolina's public schools, they ought to look beyond policies that have failed in the past.
RALEIGH — Christian since birth, Malaika knows all about oppression in a nation beset with Muslim-Christian strife. She carries extensive scars on her left side as a painful reminder of her former life in her native Sudan.
