Opinion

Deaths were preventable

The carbon monoxide leak at a Boone, N.C., hotel that killed an elderly couple and, later, an 11-year-old boy from Rock Hill should serve as a warning to state officials not only in North Carolina but also in South Carolina and around the nation.

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  • OPINION

    Why get a humanities degree?

    I've often said that the most important thing I learned in college, as a humanities major, was how to fake it when I hadn't done the reading.

  • OPINION

    Opt out is best plan for organ donors

    We need to start assuming that most people wish to be organ donors, while allowing those who object to opt out easily.

  • OPINION

    Ten cautions for the Republicans

    Republicans are pleased with themselves these days. Yet overconfidence is dangerous, and there are grounds for concern.

  • OPINION

    Speed up gas exports

    While Russia continues to export natural gas and dominate the European market, the United States continues to slow-walk approval for natural gas exports. Our sluggish process is affecting U.S. economic and national security.

  • OPINION

    Obama’s lies harmful to national trust

    Amid all the heated cross-currents of debate about the National Security Agency's massive surveillance program, there is a growing distrust of the Barack Obama administration that makes weighing the costs and benefits of the NSA program itself hard to assess.

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    Studies show vegans outlive meat eaters

    A recent issue of Time Magazine brings more documentation that vegetarians live longer than their meat-chomping friends.

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    Both parties need to reason together

    In a June 5 letter to The Herald, Wesley M. Rash indulges in a tirade against “selfish and greedy millionaire and billionaire Republicans.” I don’t know how he feels about the vast majority of ordinary Republicans who are not “selfish or greedy” and are certainly...

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    Boy Scouts’ policy a step backwards

    The Boy Scouts of America took a step backwards with the May 23 decision to open its ranks to gay Scouts in the opinion of the people I have talked to about this issue. And most of the ones I talked with have stopped taking The Herald long ago due to the opinions of your paper. Your editorial in...

  • EDITORIALS

    Fixing state election laws

    While the Legislature failed to address a number of high-profile problems before the session ended earlier this month, lawmakers at least managed to correct the state law that caused about 250 candidates to be booted off primary ballots last year.

  • OPINION

    IMF weighs in against more austerity

    Last week the International Monetary Fund, whose normal role is that of stern disciplinarian to spendthrift governments, gave the United States some unusual advice. “Lighten up,” urged the fund. “Enjoy life! Seize the day!”

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