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Category: Opinion

Find a Voice

Posted on May 13, 2010May 13, 2010 by Staff

The following is excerpted from John Grisham’s 2010 UNC commencement address, delivered last Sunday. Students of creative writing are constantly urged, find the voice, find the voice in which to tell the story, and to do so they are taught to try different techniques, different narrations, different points of view – all in an effort…

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Thanks to the voters

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Staff

Thank you to the voters of Orange County for their gratifying support in the recent Democratic primary for county commissioner at-large. Serving as your commissioner these past years has been an honor and a privilege, and I look forward to continuing my work on behalf of our community.

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Carrboro Day thanks

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Staff

I was fortunate enough to have been invited to attend your Carrboro Day Festival on May 1. I thoroughly enjoyed the music, food and activities.

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From the editor

Posted on May 6, 2010May 10, 2010 by Staff

There are few places as emblematic of a state as the bayous of Louisiana. Places of beauty and mystery and teeming with all kinds of creatures, these areas are the heart and soul of the Gulf Coast.

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An opportunity to learn more about your homeowners association

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Staff

There are hundreds of homeowners associations in Carrboro with restrictive covenants that limit environmentally beneficial practices.

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Now is the time to confront water scarcity

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Staff

It’s hard to think of a natural resource more essential to our state’s economy than water.

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The money shuffle begins again

Posted on May 6, 2010May 6, 2010 by Staff

The latest round of state campaign finance reports are in and the usual speculation about the money race has begun.

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Perdue’s peculiar choices

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Staff

Harriet’s House, Summit House and Communities in Schools can’t play that high-dollar inside game. They have to count on political leaders recognizing that it’s more important to help women stay out of prison and kids stay in school than to give the Ram’s Club a windfall for another year.

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There are other canyons

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Staff

Unless the Arizona Highway Patrol wants to set up outside a Celtic Women concert in Phoenix and start yanking people named, say, McCain, the uneven enforcement of the law among races will be pretty clear.

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In memory of Dan Pollitt

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Staff

I never expected, when I moved to North Carolina in middle age, to come to know a friend, a mentor, a lodestar, a hero, who was, himself, of somewhat more advanced age, a law professor of all things, in theory retired, from whom I’d hang on every word, ask of every lesson, drink deeply of every story and learn so much of living life – as a lawyer, as an activist, as engaged academic, as constitutionalist, as a father, as a friend, as a Tar Heel, as a man, as a believer in hope.

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Five things to remember during the budget debate

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Staff

This year’s state-budget debate began in earnest Tuesday with the release of Gov. Beverly Perdue’s recommendations to adjust the second year of the two-year spending plan approved by the General Assembly last session.

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Economic development is the key to Orange County’s future

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Staff

In the face of fiscal challenges expected to last well into the new decade, economic development is the most critical issue in the primary election.

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Breast cancer: defeat by detection

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Staff

Martina Navratilova has defeated many opponents and, hopefully, due to early detection provided by a mammogram, she will again prevail as a champion.

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Endorsement Letter: Supporting Broun

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Staff

I write to support the election of Joal Broun to become an Orange County commissioner.

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Endorsement Letter: Elect Birkhead

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Staff

Orange County is ready for modern, progressive leadership in law enforcement.

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