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Memorial Day 2012: 25 years later, Rolling Thunder still honoring our brave missing
A highway filled with large motorcycles roaring by in a long procession, their riders decked out in black leather and jeans, is an intimidating — some would say frightening — sight. It's also quintessentially American. Twenty-five years ago the founders of Rolling Thunder decided to use their motorcycles and biker garb to get the attention of Congress on Memorial Day. Their mission: to force the U.S government to account for all POW/MIAs from the Vietnam War.
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Editorial: Justice must be served in case of Rep. Larry Womble
Now that state Rep. Larry Womble of Winston-Salem has been charged in connection with a December car crash that killed another man, the system must ensure that justice is carried out fairly and impartially.
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Editorial: Damage repair should be at top of list for Democratic Party
It's obvious that a political party is in disarray when its incumbent president must disavow reports that his campaign is pulling out of a state when some polls show he is leading there.
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Editorial: Scorecard tackles Tillis staff problems and Lambeth's moves
Scorecard gives a ranking of from 1 to 10 on an event in the news, with 10 being the most favorable rating. We include in this feature input from an email panel culled from our local sources.
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Editorial: Progress finally being made toward compensation for sterilization vicitms
State House Speaker Thom Tillis is living up to his word on compensation for the victims of North Carolina's forced sterilization program. In January, he told our editorial board that he'd consider it a personal failure if compensation was not passed in the current legislative session. He said he'd fast track a bill on the issue.
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Editorial: Cooperation between Associated Artists and the Milton Rhodes Center should benefit everyone
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem may think itself fortunate, moving its gallery and office space into the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, but housing the organization will also help the Rhodes Center live up to its name.
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Editorial: Mental health-care delivery needs oversight
A draft bill that would remove county oversight from groups that manage behavioral health-care services in this state should die. These groups need more oversight, not less.
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Editorial: Rewarding county employees may pay off in future
A good manager takes care of his people. You could argue that's what Forsyth County Manager Dudley Watts is trying to do with the 2012-13 budget, proposing modest merit increases and restoring larger longevity bonuses for county employees.
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Editorial: Hard prison sentence for assaulting detention officers should set hard example
Superior Court Judge Edgar Gregory acted justly last week when he gave a hard prison sentence to a man who assaulted detention officers in the Forsyth County Jail. Such assaults cannot be tolerated.
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Poor 'report card' shows need to work harder toward better health outcomes
It hurts to see the state doing poorly in general health, especially when we've known about the problem for some time. According to N.C. Prevention Partners, North Carolina's 2012 "health report card" says that we're failing in two key areas out of four and not doing much better in the fourth.
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Editorial: State pulled off a save on Medicaid, but must learn from it
North Carolinians may soon get some rare good news out of their state capital.
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Editorial: Wake treatment to heal warriors should make us proud
Technology developed at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center that promises to dramatically advance the treatment of traumatic brain injury is yet another breakthrough by local researchers that could lead to better treatment of injured soldiers.
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Editorial: General Assembly must put public first
Legislative leaders are back in Raleigh, flush from victory on two fronts.
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Great expectations for the road ahead
This editorial ran in the Herald-Sun of Durham last week.
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Editorial: Our community commitment won't change
The Journal's roots run deep in this community, so our sale to a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary has caused a lot of talk, some euphoria and a bit of apprehension. But Berkshire is a solid organization, and the man at the helm, billionaire investor Warren Buffett, shares our commitment to community journalism.
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Editorial: We have the spirit to surpass Greensboro
This week's announcement that the city of Greensboro will invest $24 million in renovating the Greensboro Coliseum Complex stands in stark contrast to our shopping the Lawrence Joel Coliseum and Bowman Gray Stadium to the highest bidder and our failure to upgrade the M.C. Benton Convention Center since October 2006.
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Editorial: Romney bullying allegations shows nothing forgotten in politics
This editorial ran in the Hickory Daily Record on Sunday.
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Editorial: We're ready for first urban solar project
We're encouraged that Winston-Salem and Forsyth County could become the site for one of the first large solar farms in an urban area in North Carolina, joining some 25 other locations across the state where solar farms have sprung up or are being planned.
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Editorial: Republicans are loving trouble in state Democratic Party
This editorial ran in The Charlotte Observer Monday. A tiny percentage of North Carolina's 6.2 million voters could tell you who David Parker is. An even smaller number give a whit about inside baseball at the state Democratic Party executive committee.
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Editorial: Legislature must tackle problem of UNC tuition
With regard to university tuition increases, the General Assembly faces a difficult choice in the coming weeks.
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For the victims of sterilization, history will be made
Almost 10 years ago, this newspaper began a journey toward justice with the victims of North Carolina's forced sterilization program. This journey will reach a climax in the short session of the legislature that begins today. One way or another, with cameras from around the world watching, North Carolina will make history.
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Editorial: Updating Benton Convention Center crucial for our future
Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce President Gayle Anderson has it right — it's about credibility. The City of Arts and Innovation, with a growing national reputation as a biotechnology hub, cannot have a convention center with substandard Internet technology and other deficiencies.
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New clues to an old mystery
This editorial ran in the News & Observer of Raleigh last week.
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Editorial: Perdue's remarks shows galling tone-deafness
Gov. Bev Perdue apparently is unaware that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
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Editorial: Slower Triad economic growth predicted, but some by design
Economists predict Winston-Salem and the Triad will experience slower job growth and lag behind other parts of the state during 2012 as the economy continues its anemic recovery. Our leaders should always be looking for ways to reel in more jobs. But by and large, careful and deliberate economic development wins the race.
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