Op-Ed
Protests and politics echo 1968
2020 feels like 1968.
Opinion
Op-Ed
Yes, there’s good news on COVID-19
It’s not March anymore.
Op-Ed
When a prank comes full circle
Did you ever do something, only to have it come back and bite you on the butt?
Op-Ed
Job losses merit energetic response
North Carolina employers shed 616,000 jobs in March and April, according to the latest establishment survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s a decline of 13% in just two months. Our labor-market collapse will look even worse when BLS releases its May survey in a few weeks.
Op-Ed
Having to wear one
Why should I have to wear one? It’s an imposition, and it is a little uncomfortable. Besides, I’ve heard that it does little good. And people say that it’s just another example of our big brother government trying to impose its will on us and take away our freedom.
Op-Ed
Delay decision to best honor students
Editor’s note: This letter was originally sent to the Sampson County Board of Education and chairperson Kim Schmidlin. It was furnished to The Independent by Blackburn’s family.
Op-Ed
Wakefield Disease: A state of mind
Wakefield disease is not a medical disease. It is an attitude, a state of mind.
Op-Ed
Go-slow reopening may be costly
Over the first two months of the coronavirus crisis, our labor-market cratered. The number of employed North Carolinians dropped by 820,000, or 17%. Only 56.3% of working-aged residents were either employed or actively looking for jobs. That’s the lowest rate of labor force participation in modern times.
Op-Ed
We need to make more of our own drugs
A country learns about itself in a crisis, and one revelation in the coronavirus emergency is that we can’t make our own penicillin.
Op-Ed
The Real World vs. La La Land
Imagine you were born in 1900.
Op-Ed
Hard knocks driver’s education
Do you remember learning how to drive?
Op-Ed
Memorial Day & Mr. Paul
This is Memorial Day weekend. Usually it’s a time for heading the beach or lake for the unofficial start of summer. But this year is different. The coronavirus has changed many plans for the holiday weekend, although the beaches seem to be about as crowded as ever. But it’s also a good time to remember what the holiday is really about. And to thank a veteran. And Memorial Day reminds me of one my favorite veterans, Mr. Paul Holland.