Bears watching

Editorial: The N.C. Wildlife Federation is going hunting, seeking to gun down undue political influence.
Modified: 11/09/09 09:01:06 AM

Trial run

Editorial: This election season Chapel Hill experimented with public campaign financing for mayor and Town Council races - and the early returns are encouraging.
Modified: 11/09/09 06:43:04 AM

Editorial: Outgoing Raleigh City Council member Philip Isley normally believes in leaving the citizens alone and not burdening people with a lot of rules and regulations.
Modified: 11/09/09 06:42:51 AM

Once is enough

Editorial: There ought to be a law. A law that would protect voters and taxpayers from candidates who just have too much trouble making up their minds. Is there a recent example? Funny that you ask ....
Modified: 11/08/09 04:48:23 AM

Gift of the sea

Editorial: Love and oysters have always been closely linked. When Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, sprang forth from the sea on an oyster shell, she promptly gave birth to Eros and "aphrodisiac" was born.
Modified: 11/08/09 04:48:38 AM

LEAF blower?

Editorial: The Golden LEAF Foundation was a good idea and still is.
Modified: 11/08/09 04:48:56 AM

Bullish on arts

Editorial: Perhaps the forecasts on the potential of the Durham Performing Arts Center, which opened last November, were a little conservative. But that's OK.
Modified: 11/07/09 04:52:24 AM

A war within

Editorial: Was it a spontaneous moment of lunacy, or something more complicated? That's but one of the questions authorities at Fort Hood, Texas, will be trying to answer in the coming days, or weeks.
Modified: 11/07/09 04:52:55 AM

Afghan outcome

Editorial: Afghanistan's presidential election, which might have bolstered the anti-Taliban fight, did no such thing. Instead it demonstrated the Taliban's power, through terror and intimidation, to deter voting.
Modified: 11/06/09 06:55:33 AM

Before they leap

Editorial: Here are some plain-truth observations about Wake County's public school system: It's successful, educating a broad range of students who perform well (with some exceptions) on mandated tests and enjoy a host of extracurricular activities and academic opportunities.
Modified: 11/05/09 06:44:14 AM