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Duke-Progress Merger: A Net Public Soaking?

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 29, 2012 | The Commentators

NC WARN has long opposed Duke Energy’s takeover of Progress Energy for a host of reasons. Foremost is that the merger would strengthen Duke’s business model of using climate-wrecking fossil fuels for decades to come – while...

Building Grassroots Support Against The Death Penalty

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 23, 2012 | The Commentators

This is Steve Dear. And this is a call to action. North Carolina has just begun its seventh year without an execution. During these years, the overall murder rate has declined significantly. With your involvement it is possible...

There's A New Triangle in Town

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 21, 2012 | The Commentators

It’s been 60 days since we launched our new campaign, The Edge of the Triangle – not that long, but long enough for us to assess certain aspects of it, especially the response locally. The reaction to the campaign has been...

This is the Age of Too

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 17, 2012 | The Commentators

Dear Editor, This is the age of “Too.” Too many demands – from kids, work, relationships, finances, health; even global events pushed on us via instant media. So we learn to compartmentalize. To pick and...

Save The Carrboro Citizen

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 16, 2012 | The Commentators

After almost five years and over 280 consecutive weekly issues, publisher Robert Dickson has decided to sell The Carrboro Citizen. I find this sad news in a market already saturated with local news reporting, including the...

Open Letter To Teachers

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 14, 2012 | The Commentators

An open letter to all teachers in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro city school system: As you may have read or heard, Bert Wartski and I are appealing our involuntary transfers from Chapel Hill High School. As colleagues, we want to...

Fighting This Transfer

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 13, 2012 | The Commentators

Dear Editor, My name is Bert Wartski. As I await the Superior Court Hearing (August 17th at 2 pm at the Old Hillsborough Court House), I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has written letters, given...

Legacy or Vanity?

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 6, 2012 | The Commentators

As a native-born Brit, I am naturally brimming with pride over the London Olympics, not just at our medal count, but also at our success in staging an international event of such moment, at a time when money is tight in our...

Letter to all UNC faculty about Paul Frampton

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 2, 2012 | The Commentators

As most of you know, Paul Frampton, the Louis D. Rubin Jr. Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UNC, has been in prison in Argentina since January 23, 2012 on drug charges. As more information about his case...

Ditch Buses on Berm

Posted by The Commentators | Aug 1, 2012 | The Commentators

Driving on I-40 through Chapel Hill and Durham has just gotten a little bit more dicey. Along with fender benders, rear-enders, rubber-neckers and dawdling drivers add buses on the berm to the list of conditions that make...

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