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The Heart of the Matter

Posted by The Commentators | Dec 3, 2015 | The Commentators

Racism and classism are two words that raise eyebrows all across America. We would like to believe that neither one of these words is applicable to us or our thinking but if you clutch your pocketbook a little tighter when an...

Let’s Discuss UNC System Salaries

Posted by The Commentators | Nov 17, 2015 | The Commentators

Is $775,000 too much or not enough to pay the new president of the UNC System? Is a raise of 9.6 percent too much or not enough for the chancellor at Chapel Hill? The worthy mission of the UNC System, “to discover, create,...

Duke Energy: Be a Responsible North Carolina Citizen

Posted by The Commentators | Nov 16, 2015 | The Commentators

Duke Energy, the nation’s largest provider of electricity, is making news again. But, it’s not exactly what anyone would call a public relations dream scenario. In May, the Charlotte-based utility pleaded guilty to...

5 to 4 Votes Are Healthy For Chapel Hill

Posted by The Commentators | Nov 13, 2015 | The Commentators

Before moving to Chapel Hill 38 years ago, I was a newspaper reporter in south Florida. Have you driven there lately? The weather is still great, but the beauty is harder to find. Over-development squashed it years ago. But, I...

Is It Real Money?

Posted by The Commentators | Nov 9, 2015 | The Commentators

“No state-appropriated or tuition dollars are being used for these expenses.” Enough already of this rationalizing footnote from UNC as it released its latest accounting of legal and public relations costs stemming from the...

Dear Chancellor Folt

Posted by The Commentators | Nov 6, 2015 | The Commentators

Dear Chancellor Folt: You came to Carolina in our most difficult hour. And the darkness has not yet lifted. We need a strong leader right now, someone who can speak for all North Carolinians, for staff, students and faculty at...

Who is Margaret Spellings?

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 28, 2015 | The Commentators

Our university’s system Board of Governors, manipulating rules to speed up the process, has handed the presidency of our state’s university system to a non-academic with strong Republican political credentials....

Protect Personal Health Information For Athletes

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 28, 2015 | The Commentators

UNC has announced that two football players have suffered career ending medical problems, a neck injury and a heart condition. I won’t mention their names, but I certainly am puzzled and troubled by why the university...

Co-op Employee Democracy

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 26, 2015 | The Commentators

As a ten-year active advocate for worker rights within our very favorite local grocery co-op, Weaver Street Market, I am making this appeal for help from any of the some 18,000 Weaver Street consumer-owners listening to this...

Five Things Chapel Hill’s Town Leaders are Finally Getting Done

Posted by The Commentators | Oct 23, 2015 | The Commentators

It’s human nature to be most vocal when we don’t like something, especially when it comes to our local elected officials. Freely expressing dissatisfaction about the decisions our leaders make is the bedrock of democracy. As we...

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