Opinion Columnists
A heart still beating after 200 years
A young man named Daniel White was converted at a Baptist revival in Scotland somewhere around 1800, and it took. White became a minister, and married another convert, Catherine Campbell. It was Daniel White’s wish to minister to those from his country who had migrated to America.
Opinion Columnists
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NED BARNETT
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.
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NED BARNETT
About that canal .....
Reagan’s strong stance on the Panama Canal started a movement that hinders the economy today.
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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.
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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.
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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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OPINION COLUMNISTS
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...
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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.
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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?
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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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