Viewpoints

The Chapel Hill Town Council hit a surprising 4-4 stalemate on some critical updates to our land use manual Wednesday night. Here’s why that matters, and what we can do next.

As 2025 winds down, many long-time Chapel Hill residents are left wondering: what happened to the town we knew—one that valued transparency, community input, and thoughtful stewardship?

The point is that our government is choosing to prioritize developing its military over supporting the health, education, and environmental safety of its people.

One of the most dramatic changes to take place in North Carolina has been the realignment of suburban voters to the Democratic Party.

As a Chapel Hill parent and resident I am obliged to our three wonderful candidates for the three CHCCS school board seats, they ran diligent campaigns and I am glad that they will be elected and reelected.

As early voting begins, the issues in this municipal election are similar to those in 2023, some with more urgency. The difference is that voters have little choice

Carrboro’s downtown parking debate needs a fresh perspective. We can all agree that plans to reduce car use, enhance safety, and create a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly downtown are noble.

The wolves are already calling for Coach Belichick’s head after the pasting Clemson put on the Heels Saturday. Nothing went right. There was no facet of UNC’s game that one could even remotely call “good.”

For years, Kirk was a mouthpiece. Upon his death, he serves as a sentinel species, a canary in a coal mine. And in the revisionist history books, should his ilk continue gaining ground in their unending effort to claim the soul of the American people, he will be mythologized as a martyr.

The First Amendment reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”