Thursday, December 16, 2010
Telegram editorial writers weigh in on local, state and national issues.
- Boys & Girls Clubs ‘gift’ only temporary
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Nash County commissioners made a tough, generous decision this week in granting a one-time gift of $15,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Nash/Edgecombe Counties.
- UNC costs warrant comprehensive look
Monday, February 6, 2012
It’s past time for North Carolina to sit down and have a serious conversation with itself about the future of publicly funded higher education.
- No better time to show we have hearts
Sunday, February 5, 2012
You don’t have to wait until Valentine’s Day to share your heart for the community.
- Hopes rise for early end to Afghan conflict
Saturday, February 4, 2012
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta last week certainly raised hopes when he announced that NATO allies largely had agreed to hand over the lead combat role to the Afghan army in 2013 instead of by the planned close of 2014.
- Local companies seek skilled employees
Friday, February 3, 2012
The simple truth of the job market is that clever entrepenurers can take advantage of change in a way that makes them and their workers money.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
State transportation officials should just forget about improving Interstate 95 while going ahead with their tolling scheme on the highway.
Why?
- Thomas Friedman: Putin may win election, but his power has diminished
Monday, February 6, 2012
Memo to: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry MedvedevSubject: Russia and the Arab SpringFrom: A traveler to Cairo and MoscowDear sirs: You may think that the situations in Egypt and Russia have nothing in common.
- David Brooks: Alternative belief systems are more than just knee-jerk rejection
Sunday, February 5, 2012
A few weeks ago, a 22-year-old man named Jefferson Bethke produced a video called “Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus.” The video shows Bethke standing in a courtyard rhyming about the purity of the teachings of Jesus and the hypocrisy of the church.
- John Hood: N.C. schools trail their counterparts in other countries
Saturday, February 4, 2012
If North Carolina were a country, our level of taxpayer funding for education would be near the top – but the performance of our public schools would be mediocre.
- Bill Stancil: Things we once took for granted are going, going, gone
Thursday, February 2, 2012
One of the best Christmas gifts I received this year were DVD sets of old Gene Autry and Roy Rogers movies.
- David Brooks: State of the Union proposals would make little difference
Sunday, January 29, 2012
The Simpson-Bowles report wasn’t just a policy document. For a few months, it expanded the national debate.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Call the Telegram’s Speak Up line at 407-9945.
- Redraw school lines now
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Can Nash-Rocky Mount school board members please explain why they are going to wait a year after the new school opens to redraw the school lines?
- Send cards to the children's hospital
Monday, February 6, 2012
My calls is in response to the Speak Up about what to do with Christmas cards.I have done this in the past.If you will cut the front off and send it to St.
- Romney didn't hit triple, he was born on third
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Mitt Romney in an interview said he made his money the old-fashioned way – he earned it.Give me a break.He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
- Oak Level denies rights of others
Saturday, February 4, 2012
A small group of wealthy landowners in Oak Level want to deny the constitutional rights of all others.
- Christmas cards should be saved
Friday, February 3, 2012
I am calling in response to the Speak Up about what to do with Christmas cards.This is Minnie Herbert and we have a use for Christmas cards.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Telegram readers sound off on issues they feel strongly about.
- Ron Paul a better choice to win Republican presidential nomination
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Ron Paul is an American medical doctor, author, Republican U.S. representative and a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination.
- Old bank building would be perfect for ‘pay for view’ funerals
Sunday, February 5, 2012
The Great Depression shaped my generation and made it the “Greatest Generation,” according to Tom Brokaw. Therefore, I hate to see things wasted or not used.
- Percy Sledge concert an important event for Tar River Orchestra
Saturday, February 4, 2012
On Saturday, March 10 at 8 p.m., the Tar River Orchestra and Chorus League will sponsor Percy Sledge in concert at the Dunn Center for the Performing Arts at N.C. Wesleyan College.
- Driving impaired will penalize your Super Bowl plans
Friday, February 3, 2012
The Super Bowl is America’s most popular national sporting event. All across the country, millions of people gather to socialize and watch the big game.
- It’s time for voters to take a stand for justice, equality
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
In the political climate of today, the age-old adage “honesty is the best policy” has become unrecognizable and the “art of compromise” has become crushed and mangled into the “art of obstruction and distortion.” Within the Republican Party a new adage has emerged, “lying is the best policy,” and obstruction and distortion have become the order of the day.
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