YOUR VIEW: Reform will lower costs and help those in need We’re the only industrialized nation in the Western world that doesn’t have universal health insurance. There are 45 million Americans who don’t have health insurance coverage. How would each of u...
YOUR VIEW: Immigrants should adapt to American life In our country, immigrants not Americans must adapt. Take it or leave it. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist at...
JULIE FOX: Music builds bonds that last for a lifetime As I’m writing this column, I’m sitting in the cafeteria of East Davidson High School on a Saturday. Around me are dozens of students with black instrument cases, and out in the halls and in the g...
YOUR VIEW: Vehicles with inspection woes might get wavier My daughter’s check engine light came on in December and her car registration (and inspection) was due in January. I had always been told that a car could not get inspected if the check engine li...
YOUR VIEW: School board is in denial on student behavior In the March 1 edition of the Enterprise, Guilford County Board of Education Vice Chairman Amos Quick, in a discussion on student behavior, is quoted as saying, “Now we Tase some students and arre...
YOUR VIEW: Residents should speak up on truck parking ban I want all Trinity citizens who object to the inclusion of trucks in their neighborhood to know that while I realize this has been a sore spot lately, I feel we need to reinforce the fact that we,...
GUEST COLUMN: They’ll remember today as a dream interrupted By James Brigham A dream interrupted, that’s all it was. That’s what college professors will teach future students what happened here. In courses on economics, social studies and history, it will ...
YOUR VIEW: Deadline for home buyers tax credit approaches I’m writing to remind your readers in our community that a valuable tax credit for first-time home buyers is set to expire April 30. Now is the time to act. In only two months, the credit is no l...
TOM BLOUNT: Finding humor in politics would be fun if not so scary At the beginning of every election season, I am reminded of an incident in a “problems of democracy” class during my senior year in high school. Joe Miles, a gifted athlete whose eligibility ran ...