Editorial: Stressing end-of-grade testing

May 23, 2012 - 3:15am

Tread lightly around all those associated with Pitt County Schools this week and forgive them if they seem a bit on edge.

Letter: Don't be divided and conquered

May 23, 2012 - 3:10am

There is an issue that has been bothering me and I don’t feel that I should just keep this to myself.

Letter: A contrast in American invasions

May 23, 2012 - 3:10am

Over the Easter break, my sons and I traveled to Tunisia, Africa. As you know, Tunisia is a Muslim country and the first to undergo the Arab Spring.

Williams: Black-on-black mayhem

May 23, 2012 - 3:05am

Each year, roughly 7,000 blacks are murdered. Ninety-four percent of the time, the murderer is another black person.

Editorial: Alberto sounds alarm

May 22, 2012 - 3:15am

Hurricane season does not begin until June 1 but the faux pas of making an early entrance did not seem to deter Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named system to form in the Atlantic Ocean.

Mooneyham: N.C. still great

May 22, 2012 - 3:10am

Gov. Beverly Perdue’s disparaging comments regarding Mississippi created quite the hubbub.Their real significance may have been missed, though.

Letter: Williams upfront, honest leader

May 22, 2012 - 3:10am

As I look at the results of the primary state House vote, I don’t understand why the vote was so close in District 6.

Letter: Red Cross indebted to area heroes

May 22, 2012 - 3:05am

Through peace and war, natural disasters and famine, the American Red Cross has been there, standing beside firefighters, police officers, medics and even the lifeguard at your swimming pool.

Letter: Biblical prophecies seem near

May 21, 2012 - 3:10am

This primary and political year really demonstrates the polarization in this country.

Letter: More to statistics on crime, justice

May 21, 2012 - 3:10am

This letter is in response to the May 16 letter by Stephanie Grey.

Krugman: Apocalypse fairly soon

May 21, 2012 - 3:05am

Suddenly, it has become easy to see how the euro — that grand, flawed experiment in monetary union without political union — could come apart at the seams.

Editorial: Responsible fracking

May 21, 2012 - 3:05am

It may be that induced hydraulic fracturing, the process commonly known as fracking, is a perfectly safe and effective way to draw natural gas from deep within the earth’s crust.

Editorial: Vidant changes create unease

May 20, 2012 - 3:15am

Only days after Vidant Health Chief Executive Officer Dave McRae delivered the keynote address at East Carolina University’s spring commencement, the nonprofit he led since 1999 announced that he would step down effective July 1.

Letter: Fewer do Relay for Life in Farmville

May 20, 2012 - 3:10am

Farmville had its 10th Relay for Life on May 11-12. I was really sad to see the number of teams and people that were there.

Letter: Baseball blessings inspire gratitude

May 20, 2012 - 3:10am

For every player, you eventually play your last game.

Fitzsimon: GOP dream world

May 20, 2012 - 3:05am

In a perfect world, this would be the legislative session where the leaders of the Republican General Assembly would take a break from their extremist agenda of the last 16 months and focus on the state’s actual problems instead of their narrow ideological pursuits.

Hood: 'Vale of humility' falls

May 20, 2012 - 3:05am

North Carolina’s political culture is dysfunctional. No, I’m not just talking about sex scandals.

Mooneyham: Losing TVs on death row

May 20, 2012 - 3:05am

Danny Hembree Jr. apparently fails to understand some basic aspects of his current circumstances.

Krauthammer: Obama's gay marriage contradiction

May 20, 2012 - 3:05am

There are two ways to defend gay marriage.

May 19 Darts and Laurels

May 19, 2012 - 3:15am

Motorists who travel on Stantonsburg Road west of Greenville will be detoured from their normal route beginning Monday for the next three months to accommodate a N.C. Department of Transportation road project, according a department news release.

Campbell: Restoring UNC integrity

May 19, 2012 - 3:05am

The academic scandal at UNC is bad and we hope system President Tom Ross and Chancellor Holden Thorp will rid our flagship university of classes little more than a sham.

Editorial: Uphold ethical, legal standards

May 18, 2012 - 3:15am

As the trial of John Edwards, former United States senator and Democratic nominee for vice president, comes to its merciful end, North Carolina should take an honest accounting of the corruption that festers among its elected officials.

Letter: Strict Catholic upbringing taxing

May 18, 2012 - 3:10am

I did very much appreciate Ann Harrington’s May 9 letter “Catholic Church acting as judge.” Her experiences mirror mine; that church indeed accepts only Rome’s interpretation of any question that may affect faith or morals.

Letter: God's love never justifies sin

May 18, 2012 - 3:10am

I’m writing in response to Delia Liuzza’s May 14 letter as well as to all the others who continue using the love of God to justify homosexual behavior and same-sex marriage.

Mooneyham: Democratic party uncontrollable

May 18, 2012 - 3:05am

Being a native North Carolinian, it’s understandable that David Parker might not be a fan of William Tecumseh Sherman.