Enough with vicious political attack ads already
Editorial
“Politics ain’t bean bags,” so the saying goes, or maybe it should be.
This saying—more than 100 years old—refers to a game with bean bags...
Dispatch from Raleigh: In wake of gerrymandering ruling, give reform a...
Editor's note: We are posting this commentary from Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause North Carolina, regarding the issue of gerrymandering. Thirty percent of...
Ending gerrymandering would improve voting equality
May 2015
By Bob Phillips
Your state lawmakers working in Raleigh this legislative session have one main task and that is to write and adopt a...
Ocracoke: the red-headed stepchild
April 2014
By B.J. Oelshchlegel
As I wrote my letter to the Albemarle RTPO, in response to the idea of increasing the ferry tolls on the...
Sustainability
September 2013
By BJ Oelschlegel
I have spoken about the resources with which our community has to work. Some are not tangible but have a powerful...
The negative press sticks longer
July 2013
By BJ Oelschlegel
I was scooping ice cream for a family (my other job) and as they proceeded to pay, the dad made a...
Are we ever going to catch a break?
April 2013
by BJ Oelschlegel
As a resident of Ocracoke, I have often felt like “The Lone Ranger,” living in a small category of communities that...