The humanities, once the core of higher education, have fallen on hard times. Today's emphasis on education for jobs combined with humanities professors' rejection of their own foundations are chasing students from the study of the liberal...
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 10:00 pm
By: Jane Shaw
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And while it is a condition of behavior over substance; it is a malady most learned rather than a disorder born.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 9:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Well, my theory about Robin Hayes's announcement that he's not seeking reelection to the NCGOP chairman post has panned out. Claude Pope -- Art's cousin -- has stepped out from the shadows to announce his campaign for the post being vacated by Hayes.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 7:18 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I really have tried to understand the clamor over the voter ID issue but I don't get it.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 6:38 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Between July 14, 2012 and August 14, 2012, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received three separate reports of breaking and entering and larceny from another residence on River Road in Washington.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 5:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Whether the setting is Raleigh or Washington, the tax reform debate will inevitably come down to one Big Question: Are you willing to trade current tax preferences for lower marginal tax rates?
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 4:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is enough political spin about the jail to create two or three tornadoes. Political spin is a polite way of shading the truth to support a certain point of view.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 4:47 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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David Horace Elliott, Sr., 82, a resident of 1390 Creek Road, Bath, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 3:07 pm
By: Announcements
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Rachel High Taylor, beloved wife of Raymond Mason Taylor and mother of Elizabeth ("Betsy") Lee Taylor Garber, died in Raleigh on Wednesday morning, March 13, 2013. She was 75.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 3:05 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. James Franklin "Frank" Jones, age 80, a resident of Chocowinity, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital of Washington.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 3:00 pm
By: Announcements
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North Carolina lawmakers are ready to capitalize on what some are calling the "natural gas boom." A bill lifting the state's moratorium on fracking -- a method for releasing natural gas that environmentalists feel is controversial...
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 1:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Congratulations to everyone who travelled to Raleigh for Monday night's Public Hearing on the ferry tax issue.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 12:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Pat McCrory signed the following bills into law.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 11:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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