I want Robert Lee Guy's job. I can sit on my hands as well as the next guy.
A year of nearly-normal rainfall has washed away a persistent drought from Charlotte-Mecklenburg. That's a blessing. But unless that ordeal has shaped us into conservers, not mindless consumers, the good news won't last.
In response to “Coal ash scrutiny returns” (Jan. 2):
For several years, Israelis and Palestinians played the land-for-peace game. Each side engaged in a series of elaborate maneuvers designed to get the best possible deal when it came time to negotiate a final status agreement.
Governor-elect Bev Perdue reached across party lines Tuesday to complete her cabinet, tapping Lanier Cansler, a former state representative and Republican from Buncombe County, to run the troubled Department of Health and Human Services and fix its broken mental health system.
