By Ray Nothstine Raleigh, NC – Like much of the nation, North Carolina has a civics and history crisis. Yet, it may be even worse than thought in North Carolina after a Fordham Institute study gave the state a “D-”…
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – I thought it was enough, maybe more than enough. But the long list of North Carolina books I recently shared for readers to consider as holiday gifts or book club choices did not…
By Amy Cooke Raleigh, NC – If you haven’t experienced a Mark Robinson speech, you’re missing a gifted orator. Watching the Republican lieutenant governor candidate is like being transported back to an old-time revival. At a Back the Blue rally a few…
Raleigh, NC – Since March, the North Carolina State Fair and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have been monitoring COVID-19 guidance released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the North Carolina Department of…
By John Hood Raleigh, NC – If you’ve lived in North Carolina for even a few years, you’ve probably formed an opinion about whether statues and monuments honoring Confederate leaders and soldiers ought to remain in or near courthouses, town…
by Stephen McGregor Pittsboro, NC – If one takes the time to actually read the inscriptions on the Confederate monument, its apparent that it was erected to honor the soldiers from Chatham County who served during “our not so Civil…
by Ernest Roberts Pittsboro, NC – Yes Mr. Balog, I will be happy to respond to your questions in the Chatham Chatlist on how one can reconcile one’s obvious pride about being an American with those who would leave it…
Chapel Hill, NC – Fayetteville is about to have its own civil war about the proposed North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center planned to be built in that city. The new museum-like facility would be located on the…
by Wallace Kaufman Newport, Oregon – When people with a conflict come to a mediator they are often like voters who favor distinctly different candidates—say Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. As my family and friends know, I love debate, and…
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – If I asked you to name our state’s best-known citizen, living or dead, whom would you suggest? Hint: What if I said to think of people of who lived in Mount Airy? I…