Bob Burtman

Unfortunately for those who live in a black-and-white universe, property rights are an enormously complicated concept that demand a consistent approach if they are to have validity and gain political traction.

UNC-Chapel Hill had decided to give football coach Butch Davis a $291,000 raise and one-year contract extension—despite a weak 4-8 record in his first season.

The simple fact is, the overall demand for water is finally catching up with the supply.

By any objective standard, Duke University has been more than generous when it comes to funding the proposed performing arts center in downtown Durham.

The invitation to attend a recent service at Durham's Liberty Baptist Church noted nothing special about the program beyond the plan to honor a group of judicial leaders for their work.

It's leftover time in the kitchens of North Carolina, when families attempt to reconfigure the remains of huge holiday meals before they decompose beyond reclamation. In 2005, however, someone forgot to clean out the state's refrigerators, which are brimming with the rotten carcasses of the year's biggest turkeys.

North Carolina is jumping on the toll-road bandwagon with gusto. Looking for new ways to build roads in the absence of sufficient funds to meet immediate highway needs, state lawmakers expanded the number of projects eligible for consideration by the N.C. Turnpike Authority to nine this session, up from three.