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GUEST EDITORIAL
Cancer remains a dreaded diagnosis, but there’s heartening news. America is showing great progress against some of the most deadly forms of the disease, particularly lung cancer …
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1/15/20
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This piece certainly is no political endorsement, but I am thankful we finally have a president with the gumption to let those who hate us know it is game time and we will play to win.
The …
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1/15/20
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RALEIGH — “Prudence,” wrote the British statesman Edmund Burke, “is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director, the regulator, the standard of them …
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By John Hood
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1/15/20
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If requiring a photo identification for voting is racist, why is a photo required on a driver’s license not?
Both, it certainly appears, are required to prove you are who you say you are.
Is …
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1/8/20
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RALEIGH — In this new year, there is a widespread assumption among North Carolina politicos that state policymakers will do little of consequence. Instead, they will position themselves for the …
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By John Hood
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1/8/20
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2019 was a dark year for sunshine in Florida government:
The voter-approved Marsy’s Law amendment to protect victims showed us the true meaning of unintended consequences. In some places, police …
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1/1/20
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How would you describe the year 2019? I’ve pondered the just-right descriptive adjective and finally settled on the seldom used, but highly appropriate word quarrelsome.
We shouldn’t have been …
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By Tom Campbell
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1/1/20
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Here’s to a happy and prosperous new year for everyone — especially to the town of Mount Olive as it faces challenges ahead.
The big tree to cut down and get it all in motion is the beginning …
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1/1/20
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Christmas means different things to different people.
Christmas traditions and customs vary from household to household, from church to church and from country to country.
The important thing …
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12/25/19
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Here is to the hope for good days ahead.
The $5.5 million state grant to the town of Mount Olive to make repairs and updates to its ailing wastewater treatment plant, and the upset in the local …
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12/25/19
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There’s nothing more important than keeping our children safe, regardless of where they are. As we close out this year, I’m incredibly proud that the SAFE Child Act went into effect this month. …
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12/25/19
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There is a strange attachment to the holidays that beckons me back to the neighborhood of my early growing up days.
Today, there is little more there than a boyhood burial ground still alive with …
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12/18/19
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