Friday, May 3, 2024


You Decide: Has There Been Some Good News On Income Inequality?

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By Mike Walden Decades from now, people who lived through the pandemic will remember it as a horrible period. Over a million people in...

You Don’t Need A New Spouse To Have A New Marriage

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SPONSORED CONTENT By Dillon Schupp Marriage is awesome. It’s also incredibly challenging! There is absolutely nothing easy about living with another person who not only...

Democrats Threw Away Their Shot

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By JOHN HOOD RALEIGH — North Carolina Democrats thought the stars had finally aligned for smashing victories in 2020. A controversial Republican president was at the...

NC SPIN Reaches Its End

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By JOHN HOOD RALEIGH — May I tell you a bit about the pioneering Campbells of eastern North Carolina? The patriarch of the family, minister James...

Opinion: Don’t Subsidize New Baseball Team

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By John Hood RALEIGH — Will North Carolina snag one of two new Major League Baseball franchises? That’s what Gov. Roy Cooper, Carolina Hurricanes...

Opinion: Federal Budget Crisis Will Hit State

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By John Hood RALEIGH — I started writing my column for North Carolina newspapers in 1986. From the start, I resolved to focus primarily...

Opinion: Cut State Tax On Capital Gains

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By John Hood RALEIGH — Over the past decade, the General Assembly has pursued a tax-reform strategy designed to foster growth and expand freedom...

The Four Chaplains: They Died So That Others Could Live

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WASHINGTON, DC – “If you believe in anything, believe in these four guys and the ultimate sacrifices they made for their country. They died...

Unemployment News Isn’t So Rosy

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By John Hood The latest estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show about 251,000 North Carolinians unemployed as of April, down about 58,000 since...

Social Security Matters – When Should My Wife Claim Her Social Security Benefit?

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By Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American Citizens Ask Rusty – When Should my...