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Posted December 23, 2020 5:00 a.m. EST EDITOR'S NOTE: The following editorial appeared in The New York Times on Dec. 19, 2020.  Wilkie grew up in Fayetteville and worked a senior adviser to Sen. Thom Tillis. He also worked for former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott from 1997 to 2003.  He was executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party before going to work for Lott. Wilkie also served as an aide to Sen. Jesse Helms and former U.S. Rep. David Funderburk. All major American veterans’ organizations have called for the ouster of Robert Wilkie as secret...

Updated December 21, 2020 6:34 a.m. EST EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is Mary Ann Wolf's "Final Word" from the Dec. 19, 2020 broadcast of Education Matters: "National Board Certification." Wolf is president and executive director of the Public School Forum of North Carolina. Over the past many months, we have been sharing the complexity of the roles that our schools -- and in particular our teachers -- grapple with as they strive to support each of their students academically, socially and emotionally to reach their potential. The complexity of teaching students with diverse needs, backgrounds...

Posted December 20, 2020 5:00 a.m. EST EDITOR’S NOTE: Tom Earnhardt has been described as the “steward of North Carolina outdoors.” A lawyer, he pioneered environmental law in the state. He is an avid naturalist and was co-producer of more than 80 episodes of the natural science television series “Exploring North Carolina.” His observations and photos are a regular weekend feature for the coming weeks. Whenever I pass near Columbia, N.C. I try to stop at Full Circle Crab Company to see my friend Willy Phillips. The term “full circle” has meaning for all o...

Posted December 19, 2020 5:00 a.m. EST EDITOR'S NOTE: Paul Krugman is a New York Times columnist and also a Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He won the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on international trade and economic geography. Republicans spent most of 2020 rejecting science in the face of a runaway pandemic; now they’re rejecting democracy in the face of a clear election loss. What do these rejections have in common? In each case, one of America’s two major parties simply refused to accept...

Updated December 16, 2020 8:39 a.m. EST CBC Editorial: Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020; Editorial #8618 The following is the opinion of Capitol Broadcasting Company. Why is it that too many of our elected leaders – most of whom are not public health experts – can’t bring themselves to heed advice from people who know what they are talking about? This tone deafness doesn’t differentiate on the prominence of power. It stretches from the White House in Washington to the town hall in Youngsville. Earlier this month Franklin County’s Health Director urged Youngsville Mayor Fonzie Flowers to can...