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N.C. school spending is not too low
Much is made of the fact that our spending per pupil is among the lowest in the US. I am not surprised nor alarmed.
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How poor students get soaked for college sports
Editors: also moving on WPBLOOM All-Sports! as SPORTS-COLLEGE-COMMENT
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Jones & Blount
This week’s installment of “Jones & Blount,” a strip focused on the doings down at the General Assembly.
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In North Carolina, not just NSA can track your phone
An investigation the ACLU of North Carolina conducted last year into the policies of more than 40 local law enforcement agencies found that many county sheriffs and police departments in North Carolina routinely seek and obtain location data on individuals from cell phone companies, often without...
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VA will fight NC’s plan for border landfill
A bill is moving through the N.C. General Assembly that would remove obstacles that have prevented creation of the state's largest landfill in rural Camden County, just south of Chesapeake.
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McManus: Obama, Syria and the Aspin Doctrine
As President Obama contemplates his many bad options in Syria, he may want to consider the Aspin Doctrine, an argument for intervention abroad made by President Clinton’s first secretary of defense, Les Aspin.
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’Man of Steel’ keeps true to his core values
No matter what you may have read or heard, Superman is not 75 years old this month. He’s at least 77, and more likely 79.
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Teacher supplement must be kept
Eliminating the salary supplement for North Carolina teachers who earn a master's degree in their area of teaching is a bad idea. The enactment of the bill could harm education in this state for a long time to come.
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Safe but afraid no way for Americans to live
The US government argues that its security measures have derailed terrorist actions and have made us safer. Perhaps, but at what cost? If we end up physically safe, but afraid of expressing our views, are we better off? Many patriots risked or gave their lives to protect us from police states that...
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On these dependable rocks rests my son's future
The men in my life didn't just show up; they cared, listened and spent the world's most valuable commodity of time. This Father's Day, I want to thank all the men, my grandfather, coaches, teachers, uncles and others who were not my father but made it possible for me to know what it's like to depend...


