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Barnett: The real scandal: Political gridlock

Congressional Republican calls to investigate the Obama administration continue a failure to address the nation’s real problems.

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  • JIM JENKINS

    Jenkins: Russell Allen was a real pro doing a good job for Raleigh

    The firing of Raleigh City Manager Russell Allen might have been inevitable, but the city is losing a highly competent professional.

  • NED BARNETT

    About that canal .....

    Reagan’s strong stance on the Panama Canal started a movement that hinders the economy today.

  • NED BARNETT

    Pittman’s rebellion fizzled, but another brews

    State Rep. Larry Pittman has a divinity degree and a knack for sermonizing, but for all he understands about the power of the pulpit, he’s still learning about the power of the Internet.

  • JIM JENKINS

    An Alzheimer’s story, and a love story

    Sue Scoggins’ husband was young when he developed Alzheimer’s, which changed her life, but she found a new one in a way while caring for him and, through a blog, is helping other families facing the challenge.

  • OPINION COLUMNISTS

    Obama's Syria dilemma

    Ever since August 2012, President Barack Obama has held that Syrian use of chemical weapons constituted a "red line" for the United States, and that crossing it would be a "grave mistake" for Assad. The president is now faced with a dilemma: Defending his red line could undermine his carefully crafted...

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    Complications, chaos of Obamacare

    Regulators have been working hard but are clearly overwhelmed, trying to write rules that influence the entire health care sector – an economic unit roughly the size of France. Republicans in Congress have made things much more difficult by refusing to provide enough money for implementation...

  • OPINION COLUMNISTS

    Abusing the ‘work beasts’

    Over 5 percent of eligible American adults receive disability payments from Social Security. Twenty years ago, it was 3 percent. One reason is easier requirements giving more weight to self-made diagnoses of back pain or mental anguish.

  • OPINION COLUMNISTS

    Worlds away from here

    If Earth-like planets are relatively common, as scientists increasingly believe, then where are all the Earth-like civilizations?

  • JIM JENKINS

    Jenkins: Should the chancellor punt on athletics?

    Holden Thorp, whose departure from the chancellor’s post at UNC-Chapel Hill was in part prompted by scandal in athletics and academics, now says perhaps a chancellor should not be responsible for oversight of an athletics program. In fact, a lack of oversight from the top has been the problem...

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    The CIA’s angry birds

    While the American public approves of remotely killing terrorists, it is a drain on the democratic soul to zap people with no due process and little regard for the loss of innocents.

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