- Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:14 a.m.
On a recent road trip with my sister and two cousins, we took turns telling old stories about our family, especially our...
- Friday, May 10, 2013 6:21 a.m.
In 1998 when President Clinton signed the bipartisan Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibited state and local taxation of...
- Friday, May 10, 2013 6:21 a.m.
RALEIGH — A decade or so ago, then-state Rep. Sam Ellis, a Wake County Republican, would occasionally hawk some statistics...
- Thursday, May 9, 2013 12:16 a.m.
Should online shoppers be required to pay the same sales taxes charged in conventional stores?
- Thursday, May 9, 2013 12:16 a.m.
Brenda Heist wanted to run away from life. Naturally, she went to Key West, Fla.
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013 12:44 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Enough with this “enough” business.
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013 12:44 a.m.
Excerpt from a column by Glenn Mollette, author of “American Issues” and “Fitness Is A Mind Game.”
- Monday, May 6, 2013 7:31 p.m.
RALEIGH — Well, it is May. The birds are chirping, the sun is shining (OK, not a whole lot), the lawn is green.
- By James E. Holshouser Jr. and James B. Hunt Jr.
- Monday, May 6, 2013 12:36 a.m.
As former Republican and Democratic governors, we often disagree. But here’s one area where we strongly agree: We...
- Monday, May 6, 2013 12:10 a.m.
... Or at least it should be. Sadly that is not the case. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines tolerance as a “sympathy...
- Sunday, May 5, 2013 12:17 a.m.
Imagine your car broke and was towed to the shop. The mechanics listened, poked, prodded and explained what your choices were,...
- Sunday, May 5, 2013 12:12 a.m.
WASHINGTON — They lost me at the word “women.”
- Friday, May 3, 2013 12:17 a.m.
RALEIGH — About two decades ago, the North Carolina Supreme Court told local governments that they could borrow money...
- Thursday, May 2, 2013 12:14 a.m.
RALEIGH — “People generally quarrel,” G.K. Chesterton once wryly observed, “because they cannot...
- Wednesday, May 1, 2013 1:33 p.m.
Addressing a meeting of Planned Parenthood last Friday, President Obama accused pro-lifers of wanting to “turn back the...
- By Rekha BasuScripps Howard News Service
- Wednesday, May 1, 2013 12:13 a.m.
As you might expect, the parents of the brothers accused in the Boston Marathon bombings say their sons were innocent and framed...