Tag: opinion

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All Politics are Local

by Bill Crawford All politics is local, sayeth the late Speaker Tip O’Neill. In fact, this has been a reality for all of our history.  There are issues that resonate locally during every election cycle, but occasionally they connect to ...
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Why Elect Republicans?

by  Terry Schmidt, Chair of the Chatham County Republican Party Thomas Jefferson, one of our Founding Fathers, wisely said “We do not have a government by the majority. We have a government by the majority who participate”. Chatham County historically ...
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Why Elect Democrats?

Democrats see the glass as half full, with room for new opportunities and better lives for all. Republicans see that glass as half empty, with limitations and shortages — a view that allows only a few to prosper. Democrats believe ...
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Birthing the Big Lie

by Julian Sereno Pat McCrory, North Carolina’s former governor, Charlotte’s former mayor and current GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate, doesn’t come across as an original thinker. As governor, he was an affable boot lick to Sen. Phil Berger and ...
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Let’s Agree to Avoid being Disagreeable

by Joe Jacob Why do we feel so threatened when someone does not agree with us? Seems like we are programmed to go into battle, to defend ourselves if someone has a different opinion or point of view. Is there ...
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Afghanistan and Vietnam – déjà vu 50 years later

by Julian Sereno Scenes of chaos at the Kabul Airport as Afghans attempt to flee the country after the Taliban onslaught are eerily similar to scenes from the roof of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon as helicopters evacuated panicked crowds ...
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Policy: Encourage Young Immigrants to Stay

by Steve Rao Maria Theresa Louis came to America from India in 2007, when she was just four years old — and she has spent much of the past 14 years worrying about the day she will be forced to ...
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UN Climate Report Sounds ‘Code Red for Humanity’

by Jan Nichols To say I was dismayed, depressed, and angered when I learned the gist of the UN Climate Report 2021 is an understatement. We have had 40 some-odd years to address climate change/global warming or whatever term you ...
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Biden’s Blunders

by Don Lein An excellent insight into Joe Biden’s governance capability was given by Osama Bin Laden when Biden was serving as a Vice President in 2010.  In 2011, over Joe Biden’s protests, Obama ordered a mission to kill Osama bin ...
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NC GOP Repress Historic Truths, Spread Trump Lies

by Julian Sereno Look who’s turning out to be the real snowflakes. The ones traumatized by ideas that challenge their beliefs. It’s North Carolina Republicans. They are doing their best to cancel ideas of which they disapprove, as well as ...