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Has Barack Obama learned nothing in three years? During his State of the Union address, he promised “a blueprint for an economy.” But economies are crushed by blueprints. An economy is really noth...
1 month ago | 0 | 3 |
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You’ll be receiving your W-2 and 1099 income forms in the next few weeks. Your 1099 for bank interest and 1098 for mortgage interest paid in 2011 should show up in the same time frame. When they...
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Alzheimer’s. Just the word scares you to death, doesn’t it? A few years ago, I saw an article that described and gave examples of a new mental test that can make a very reliable preliminary di...
2 months ago | 0 | 6 |
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There’s a movement afoot to change how we buy. It’s not about how much we buy or even the kinds of products we buy. Instead, it’s directed at the origins of what we buy and where we buy. Broadly s...
2 months ago | 0 | 6 |
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Just as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is poised to expand again, North Carolina’s basketball victory over South Carolina in Las Vegas last week brought back memories. They are memories of ...
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When I was growing up, I knew a lot of kids whose fathers didn’t earn a living working in the bowels of a factory like my dad. Their dads were businessmen, doctors and bankers, but our families ...
LETTERS
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I want to heartily thank my neighbors, who came to the assistance of myself and my wife after I was struck by a car on the morning of Dec. 23. I also want to thank Roy Mojica and Justin Bowers of ...
2 months ago | 0 | 5 |
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With unemployment unacceptably high, we need to foster a climate in which businesses can retain and hire workers while maintaining production and investment. Earlier this month, President Obama vi...
2 months ago | 0 | 5 |
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I am responding to the article written by Stephanie Carroll Carson from N.C. News Service entitled, “Women’s Right to Know Act takes effect today” in the Oct. 27, 2011, issue of the Ripple. The ar...
7 months ago | 0 | 6 |
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I was having a real good day. My wife and I went to Bojangles for our late breakfast, went outside, picked up our Tribune on the way home. I sat down in my La-Z-Boy to enjoy the paper. Right the...
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My name is Betsi Pendergrass, and I’m writing you to tell you about an upcoming relief effort headed by my sister Libby Pendergrass. After the Bertie County tornado, my sister had a strong desire,...
MORE OPINIONS
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Recently my son stayed after school for a wrestling match and afterwards a school dance. Of course someone had to pick him up, so I left home to go to Forbush Middle School to “fight the crowd.” H...
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Just a note to everyone at New Horizons Adult Day Services, Inc. I received such a Christmas blessing when I attended “The Christmas Story” presented by the adults of the day care services. It tou...
2 months ago | 0 | 7 |
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It is time to talk about books again. If you are looking for some special holiday gifts for some hard-to-give-to friends, I may have some help for you, thanks to UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatc...
2 months ago | 0 | 6 |
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There’s a movement afoot to change how we buy. It’s not about how much we buy or even the kinds of products we buy. Instead, it’s directed at the origins of what we buy and where we buy. Broadly s...
2 months ago | 0 | 6 |
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Just as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is poised to expand again, North Carolina’s basketball victory over South Carolina in Las Vegas last week brought back memories. They are memories of ...
2 months ago | 0 | 7 |
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When I was growing up, I knew a lot of kids whose fathers didn’t earn a living working in the bowels of a factory like my dad. Their dads were businessmen, doctors and bankers, but our families ...
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