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What would Lincoln do?
Many Americans, particularly relatives of the 3,000 who perished in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, probably have no problem with the Bush Administration detaining terrorists at Guantanamo Bay prison camp without offering them U.S. style rights, lawyers...
Going to college? Take some time off first
In the electric and nostalgic week between my sister's final day of high school and her graduation on Friday, my father decided he would email her a daily dose of his wisdom on college. Drawing from his own time at UNC and from watching my brother and...
When uncaring pet owners dump animals
Living preferences are as plentiful as there are people with opinions. My personal preference, having grown up on a farm, is to live out in the country. I know to each their own. That's fine until it comes time for someone who lives in town to get...
Street soliciting: Sometimes freedom is not pretty
I am writing in reference to your article "Plan would ban street solicitation" on May 28....
Americans just want their manufacturing jobs back
This guest column excerpts the oral testimony of James R. Copland III, chairman of Copland Industries/Copland Fabrics before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology Subcommiteee on Investigations and Oversight....
Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o’er
Memorial Day has many iconic images - The uniform headstone that marks a fallen veteran, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers, the display of our nation's flag at each headstone -but Memorial Day is more than symbols....
We have lost the ability to distinguish our wants
A news story in a recent edition of this paper declared, "More than half of the county's households don't earn enough money to pay for basic needs, such as housing, food, childcare, healthcare and transportation." An accompanying pie graph indicated that...
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