Editorials
“We don’t have any teacher applicants for our vacancies,” said two superintendents from rural North Carolina public school districts.
Think about that. If they do not find …
There are several things that define springtime in Person County.
The natural beauty of flowers blooming and the hustle of seniors wrapping up their time in high school as they race towards …
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Columns
Prejudice is morally wrong. It’s also immensely foolish, producing self-inflicted wounds for individuals, companies, and communities.
If you refuse to hire certain workers because of their …
Was “Where the Crawdads Sing” set in North Carolina--as both the book and movie assert--and where, according to her publisher, the author Delia Owens now lives?
Or in Georgia where …
When Russia attacked Ukraine, “experts” said the country would fall within days.
It hasn’t.
One reason is that the Russian military wasn’t as effective as …
Congress recently took a monumental step forward to increase healthcare coverage for our veterans. On Aug. 10, the Honoring our PACT Act was signed into law, concluding years of hard work and …
To paraphrase Alice, who used the term to describe her adventures in Wonderland, election politics in America is getting “curiouser and curiouser.” North Carolina has been in the …
Hosea 4:6 KJV says, my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me seeing thou hast forgotten the law …
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. (James 1:19–20 ESV)
When I …
Because I am an inveterate optimist who likes to think the best of other folks, I’m going to assume for the sake of the following argument that North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and former …
Is the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence fact or fiction?
“Meck Dec” is a shorthand term sometimes used to refer to the Declaration of Independence adopted on May 20, 1775, by a …
Nearly 200 years ago, Sir Robert Peel famously penned nine principles of policing. Those principles remain foundational to 21st Century policing. The seventh of those nine principles …
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Letters to the Editor
To the editor:
Do you enjoy history? Stories? Field trips? The Time Travelers do. We’re a history club for students in grades 4-12 sponsored by the North Carolina Museum of History.
We …
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Many, many thanks to everyone that made National Night Out 2022 a huge success: NNO Committe, Palace Pointe, Twins Meat Market, North Main IGA, Food Lion 1 and 2, Open Kettle, …
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The “gun violence” in our nation has reached critical mass. The budgets of small countries and cities’ police departments are being laid bare. In some instances, …
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Public transportation is good for the environment, good for reducing government spending, good for health, and good for freedom.
I would argue that most people are not car people …
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I’m a retired federal employee writing to raise awareness of the devastating effects of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) experienced by nearly two million people …
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The featured editorial in the July 21 Courier-Times was an odd choice for the Roxboro/Person County newspaper. It was about a grievance with a Kentucky law prohibiting sales of beef …
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Twenty-five years ago, I worked with a kind, baby-loving group of obstetricians who did abortions. When I asked the senior physician, “why?”, he said that he started the …
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We would like to thank everyone for attending the Second Annual Juneteenth Entrepreneur Fair. This year, we welcomed a record-breaking number of people and highlighted over 30 plus …
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Our national political leaders appear to have a complete lack of moral courage and moral conscience. Why do we prohibit an 18-year-old from buying a beer, yet, we allow an …
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Person County Needleworkers, Inc. would like to thank everyone who came out to our yard sale on Saturday, May 14, despite the rain and cool weather. It was a huge success. We would …
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