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• Why Wake's school bond issue is a win for the economy AND students

  We always get a lot of election-related submissions after it's really too late to consider them for publication. Here's a piece ...

  Posted 10/04/2013 04:17:16 PM

• NCDOT Secretary Tony Tata talks public service, customer service and DMV triage

  NC DOT Secretary Tony Tata met with the editorial board and some newsroom folks this week just to update us on the goings-on his department...

  Posted 10/04/2013 10:21:27 AM

• The Obamacare gamut: tearfully grateful to be included or angrily fed up with higher rates

  Getting lots of letters on Obamacare as information about the exchanges gets up and running – and as letters from current insurers...

  Posted 10/02/2013 04:11:01 PM

• Raleigh, take yet another bluegrass bow!

  Journalist David Morris writes for Bluegrass Today that Raleigh blew him away as the site for the International Bluegrass Music Association...

  Posted 09/30/2013 04:13:37 PM

• What's happening in NC? It's worse than you think

  Such is the state of politics in North Carolina that the General Assemby's goings-on have already become fodder for scholarly exploration...

  Posted 09/26/2013 04:44:03 PM

• Inside the health care trenches: understanding costs, relying on ERs

  Two health-care-related items crossed my field of vision today that seemed worth sharing. The first is a video of John Green (writer, YouTube...

  Posted 09/17/2013 03:16:37 PM

• Russian President Putin objects to American 'exceptionalism' in Obama's Syria speech

  Russian President Vladimir Putin had an oped in The New York Times today that takes issue with American "exceptionalism." THE ...

  Posted 09/12/2013 04:22:12 PM

• Letters to the editor: Voter ID, Roy Cooper and feeding the homeless

  Here's a batch of letters that got overrun by other issues before they could see print: ID cards important The Aug. 27 editorial cartoon...

  Posted 09/10/2013 11:44:51 AM

• Love Wins director: If feeding the homeless makes you "feel good," you're doing it wrong

  On his own blog, Hugh Hollowell of Love Wins Ministries responded to the letter we posted from a Raleigh educator (read it below or here...

  Posted 09/09/2013 03:29:32 PM

• 'Doonesbury' delay: No new strips until November

  Here's a letter we received today from the syndicate that distributes Garry Trudeau's "Doonesbury" strip that runs on ...

  Posted 09/05/2013 12:30:34 PM