David Brooks: Melding ethos of sport and faith Lin’s biggest challenge

By David Brooks | February 22, 2012 - 9:54pm

Jeremy Lin is anomalous in all sorts of ways. He’s a Harvard grad in the NBA, an Asian-American man in professional sports.

Scott Mooneyham: Lawmakers close museums, historic sites at own risk

By Scott Mooneyham | February 22, 2012 - 9:53pm

RALEIGH —To most people, $4 million is a lot of money. On a $20 billion state budget, it amounts to two-hundredths of 1 percent.

John Hood: Jobs apocalypse predicted by Left fails to materialize

By John Hood | February 20, 2012 - 9:36pm

RALEIGH – Remember when the Republican-crafted North Carolina budget passed over Gov. Beverly Perdue’s veto last summer?

Cal Thomas: Rachel Maddow and my recent tutorial in courtesy

February 19, 2012 - 3:50pm

When one writes about moral convictions, it’s probably a good idea consistently to live up to them.

James W. Kleckley: Rising cost of gas has motorists comparing prices

By James W. Kleckley | February 18, 2012 - 6:44pm

Don’t you wish we could bring back those good old days when regular gas prices were low and you could fill your tank without groans and sighs?

Rebecca Cross: Downtowns influenced by a generational span

By Rebecca Cross | February 18, 2012 - 6:44pm

There are many demographic and economic trends that are influencing our communities and downtowns.

Douglas Cohn: In Santorum, conservatives may fill anti-Romney slot

By Douglas Cohn | February 17, 2012 - 9:25pm

WASHINGTON — “The National Review,” a bible of conservatism founded by William F. Buckley, is calling on Newt Gingrich to drop out of the presidential race.

Bud Wright: Spanking children brutal, unproductive; so why do it?

By Bud Wright | February 17, 2012 - 9:25pm

Have you ever heard the old trick question that goes: “Have you stopped beating your wife?

Byron York: Win in Michigan — Romney territory — would boost Santorum

February 15, 2012 - 10:02pm

Thursday, Feb. 9 was just the second time Rick Santorum’s campaign has raised more than a million dollars in a single day.

Scott Mooneyham: No debate: For-profit public education is wrong

February 15, 2012 - 9:59pm

RALEIGH — Last summer, John Hood, president of the John Locke Foundation, wrote eloquently about a conservative vision of public education, a vision in which parents of all income levels are given more choices about where and how to educate their children.

Scott Mooneyham: Beach-driving rules forget folks use Pea Island, too

By Scott Mooneyham | February 14, 2012 - 8:52pm

RALEIGH — On North Carolina’s Outer Banks, there is a long stretch of barrier island where people typically leave nothing behind but footprints in the sand.

Rich Lowry: Obama budget built on gimmicks, cheesy assumptions

By Rich Lowry | February 14, 2012 - 8:52pm

President Barack Obama loves to talk about how he was open to painful changes in entitlement programs in last year’s private budget talks with Republicans.

Kathryn Lopez: White House mandate ignites Catholic firestorm

February 12, 2012 - 4:49pm

Sean Hannity calls President Barack Obama “The Chosen One.” And as a matter of policy, it turns out to be the perfect characterization.

Bud Wright: Santorum latest front-runner in GOP free-for-all

By Bud Wright | February 10, 2012 - 9:29pm

What we’re currently witnessing within the Republican presidential candidate selection process is nothing short of amazing.

Byron York: Romney’s ‘businessman’ asset may actually be liability

By Byron York | February 10, 2012 - 9:28pm

Mitt Romney has based nearly his entire presidential campaign on his experience as a businessman.

Douglas Cohn: Reducing principal on mortgages best solution

February 8, 2012 - 4:07pm

WASHINGTON — For all the campaign rhetoric we heard in Florida, there was not a single serious proposal advanced by the GOP candidates to fix the housing mortgage crisis.

David Brooks: Obama technocratic policies ignore ways poverty gets solved

February 8, 2012 - 4:07pm

Every once in a while, the Obama administration will promulgate a policy that is truly demoralizing.

Scott Mooneyham: Why tolls for some roadways but not for others?

February 7, 2012 - 8:55pm

RALEIGH — State transportation officials should just forget about improving Interstate 95 while going ahead with their tolling scheme on the highway.

Rich Lowry: Dirty Harry and half-baked myth of Detroit’s revival

February 7, 2012 - 8:54pm

If Clint Eastwood narrated “The Cat in the Hat,” the words of Dr. Seuss would instantly take on a menacing authority.

Scott Mooneyham: Were Bowles, Hackney exits ‘Day the Dems Died?’

By Scott Mooneyham | February 6, 2012 - 7:17pm

RALEIGH — The Republican Party pros were downright giddy.

John Hood: Entrenched interests, not funding, hold back schools

By John Hood | February 6, 2012 - 7:10pm

RALEIGH — 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.

Paul Krugman: Romney: Down on your luck? Good luck to you

February 5, 2012 - 4:20pm

If you’re an American down on your luck, Mitt Romney has a message for you: He doesn’t feel your pain.

Kathryn Lopez: All the backlash against Komen is wrongheaded

February 5, 2012 - 4:19pm

To hear much of the American media tell it, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the breast-cancer charity that recently cut its ties with Planned Parenthood before (sort of) backing down, should simply be no more: It has gone from being a women’s health charity to becoming anti-woman, as the National Organization for Women’s president, Terry O’Neill, explained.

Kathryn Lopez: All the backlash against Komen is wrongheaded

February 5, 2012 - 4:19pm

To hear much of the American media tell it, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the breast-cancer charity that recently cut its ties with Planned Parenthood before (sort of) backing down, should simply be no more: It has gone from being a women’s health charity to becoming anti-woman, as the National Organization for Women’s president, Terry O’Neill, explained.

Byron York: Attack ads don’t capture truth about Newt’s ethics case

February 3, 2012 - 7:40pm

The Romney campaign has been hitting Newt Gingrich hard over the 1990s ethics case that resulted in the former speaker being reprimanded and paying a $300,000 penalty.