Columnists
An unfortunate political ending
Politicians and football coaches — disproportionately to other occupations — have trouble going out on top. They tend to hang on too long, creating unhappy ...
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Too close to call
The showdown between political heavyweights George Allen and Tim Kaine for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jim Webb, D-Va., is now official, Allen ...
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, June 16, 2012 11:02 am
Columnists
Another giant passes
My generation could learn a lot from the Greatest Generation.
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, June 2, 2012 2:29 pm
Columnists
A community crisis
In preparing the collective student body for success in an increasingly complex and competitive workforce, Franklin’s schools (and the community at large) are failing by ...
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:40 am
Franklin
Johnson ousts Councill as Franklin mayor
FRANKLIN-Vice Mayor Raystine Johnson beat eight-term incumbent Jim Councill on Tuesday night to become the first elected black mayor and first female mayor in the ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 8:26 pm
Columnists
If it walks like a duck…
Surely the “no tax increase” Southampton County Board of Supervisors doesn’t think it’s fooling anybody — much less fulfilling a campaign promise — with a ...
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, April 28, 2012 9:40 am
Columnists
The wacky world of McLemore
In the vast conspiracy-filled galaxy in which Greg McLemore orbits, The Tidewater News and this pundit are part of a “trick of the rich” to ...
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, April 14, 2012 9:26 am
Columnists
A turning point?
The commanding voice of a third-generation radio man might have alone captured his audience’s attention. But it was Michael Clark’s daring, not his decibels, that ...
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, March 24, 2012 9:45 am
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A race in which race doesn’t matter?
Former Franklin City Manager June Fleming, a trailblazer who grew up in the shadows of Little Rock’s Central High School before rising to the highest ...
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, March 10, 2012 9:57 am
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Deaf to budgetary whining
The commentary below was published in this space a year ago. It bears repeating because (a) nothing has changed and (b) the fiscal cries of ...