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The Opinion Shop
Welcome to The Opinion Shop, where members of The N&O’s editorial board offer an eclectic array of their individual opinion products and give you an opportunity to offer your own.
Dwane Powell: The monstrous mastopus has a hand in everything
Submitted by bwheeler on 05/17/2013 - 15:40The N&O’s former cartoonist just couldn’t sit out this legislative session, not with all the fun things to draw. He’ll be offering his view every Sunday in The N&O during the session. Here’s this week’s cartoon.
Ending discrimination against North Carolina wood
Submitted by bwheeler on 05/10/2013 - 17:35On Monday, a legislative committee is supposed to act on House Bill 628, Protect/Promote NC Lumber, which mandates that state government construction projects adopt a building code that treats timber equally, which would put more North Carolina timber to use in the state. Former Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan write about that means in a piece we received too late to print before Monday.
Dwane Powell: All aboard the GOP tax-reform tub
Submitted by bwheeler on 05/10/2013 - 17:24The N&O’s former cartoonist just couldn’t sit out this legislative session, not with all the fun things to draw. He’ll be offering his view every Sunday in The N&O during the session. Here’s this week’s cartoon (click it to enlarge it).
Letters to the Editor: GOP, Medicare, etiquette, same-sex marriage, abortions, jobs, cursive writing and guns
Submitted by samnewkirk on 05/10/2013 - 11:47These letters got overrun by other issues and did not make the paper.
4 NC lawmakers explain support for school voucher bill
Submitted by bwheeler on 05/09/2013 - 18:00We have a rule against publishing Points of View submissions from elected officials, so you won't find this in the paper. But here's a look at the reasons four lawmakers – two Democrats and two Republicans – sponsored House Bill 944 or the Opportunity Scholarship Act.
One mom's take: This Mother's Day, let's stop selling out the next generation
Submitted by bwheeler on 05/09/2013 - 16:52Gotten a bzillion Point of View submissions this week. Here's a Mother's Day piece from a Goldsboro mom offering her view of what's wrong with this country. Deborah Nowachek, the wife of an ob-gyn, retired from her 15-year career as an attorney-mediator to adopt, stay at home and homeschool her two children. Discuss among yourselves.
New York Times says Mel Watt a good choice to lead housing finance agency
Submitted by bwheeler on 05/07/2013 - 16:26The New York Times in an editorial today endorsed President Obama's choice of North Carolina's Mel Watt to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Here's what the Times had to say:
Letters to the Editor: NRA, legislation, Kay Hagan, gerrymandering and cameras at arenas
Submitted by samnewkirk on 05/07/2013 - 12:07These letters got overrun by other issues and did not make the paper.
Dwane Powell: GOP high on national right-wing policies
Submitted by bwheeler on 05/03/2013 - 18:34The N&O’s former cartoonist just couldn’t sit out this legislative session, not with all the fun things to draw. He’ll be offering his view every Sunday in The N&O during the session. Here’s this week’s.
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