If we cannot express our Christianity in public forums and in the citadels of power, then what value is our religion? The Pilot, at Christmas and Easter, prints Scripture as the lead editorial. The rest of the time, the community newspaper is openly hostile to religious expression in our gov…
I grew up in the 1940s and ‘50s, when women were treated with respect, ensured by custom and their male relatives. Virginity at marriage was usual.
Book reports are so boring. Consider instead literary circles, which are like a mini book club. The teacher forms groups of five or six students. Each group has a novel to read. Pages are assigned to read at home.
No more “thoughts and prayers.” It’s lazy. It’s ineffective, disingenuous and it’s blasphemy.
The N.C. 211 extension from West End to McLendon Hills needs a fuel station eastbound, as there is no fuel station eastbound all the way to U.S. 15-501 and the Traffic Circle.
The first Saturday in May always marks the running of the Kentucky Derby and the beginning of the Triple Crown. That time reminds me of the events that took place 50 years ago.
Our county manager recently presented the proposed county budget for 2023/2024 to our commissioners. That proposed budget included an increase in spending for school district operating expenses of $350,000. That’s an increase of 1 percent over the amount allocated last year.
One of the factors that I have not seen mentioned in the discussions about the Traffic Circle is how safe it is. Lifelong residents I have talked to are unable to recall there ever being a fatal accident at the circle. Its design prevents head-on or T-bone collisions that so often result in …
As the airport director I welcome questions, comments and suggestions.
While I have noticed several of The Pilot’s editorials have been leaning toward the left, what concerns me most is that the comments that follow online have been seemingly blaming Christians for the state of the world. They claim that we are homophobic because we don’t believe in same-sex ma…
I am following the controversy about mandatory book reports, and it makes me chuckle. Many people seem to think that having students write book reports will go a long way to solving poor reading test scores. And I chuckle because I think back.
We residents of Knollwood Heights view with alarm Senate Bill 667 and House Bill 409, which are now progressing through the N.C. Legislature.
Barry Fetzer in his Pilot column recently made a strong case to forget “the circle.” No one knows more about this than our single-minded planners. I’ll tell you this right now: N.C. 211 west of route 73 is due for expansion to a four-lane divided highway bisecting West End right after the 20…
Congratulations to The Pilot and your media partners on achieving 100 years of keeping folks connected.
Given that some adults today who have no children treat and refer to their pets as their “children,” is it any wonder that some adults have come to treat their actual children as pets?
Nicolaus Copernicus (a Christian) disrupted conjecture 500 years ago with computation proving the Earth revolving around the sun, or heliocentricity.
The recent editorial by The Pilot served notice that the current school board is led by a group of ideologues. I am very pleased to see them called what they most assuredly are.
If you have maxed out all your credit cards and you tell me there will be a financial calamity if you can’t borrow more money, what does that say about your financial condition?
So I got a chuckle out of the column recently penned by Congressman Hudson. If there is one word that sums up the first 100 days of the 118th Congress, it certainly isn’t “results.”
“We need to start expelling and incarcerating students...or the Board will start running the Police Dept directly and ensure they are incarcerated.” These quotes from Board of Education Vice Chairman David Hensley are completely inappropriate, divisive and plain ridiculous. I was shocked and…
In response to “Try This Word” in The Public Speaking section on April 23, Mr. LaBelle stated that he was unable to find a definition for the word “woke” in any scholarly dictionary. As a result he “asked around” and the consensus was that a more apt word for “woke” should be “busybody.”
Early last year, there was a settlement with Volkswagen over its violation of the Clean Air Act, where North Carolina was awarded nearly $100 million. It was to be managed by the DEQ in two phases of awarding funds for clean air projects, including funding electric school buses, electric gar…
The Republicans in Congress would have you believe that Republicans are champions of fiscal responsibility and that Democrats are a bunch of spendthrifts. They’d have you believe that Democrats are responsible for the lion’s share of our $31.458 trillion of national debt.
In the Letters to Public Speaking on Sunday, April 23, Tom LaBelle tried to define the word “woke” as “busybody.”
When Freeman Dyson accepted the Templeton Award, he said, “I do not claim any ability to read God’s mind. I am sure of only one thing. When we look at the glory of stars and galaxies in the sky and the glory of forests and flowers in the living world around us, it is evident that God loves d…
A letter to the editor on April 23 complained that a “well-informed” contributor failed to cite the source of the definition of “woke.’ He then said that, since he was unable to find the definition in any scholarly dictionary, he decided to ask around.
We lost our mother, Maude Nelson, in November 2020. She would have been 95 on Sept. 28. She was a loyal reader of your paper — and before that the Sandhill Citizen — during the whole time we were a military family and moved around the country and overseas. She continued her subscription duri…
It is time that we join Burke County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and create a recall mechanism for school board members.
In a recent letter to The Pilot, a reader suggests a better definition of “woke” is “busybody.”
A Pilot opinion columnist recently asserted that having a gun in the home creates more danger than it prevents.
My Grandma taught us grandkids the value of commitment versus “trying.” One summer, she hired about five of us to pick strawberries.
I read with interest the opinion column by William Shaw, titled “Its a Looney Tunes World.” I do agree with Mr. Shaw that there are a lot of global warming deniers. However, putting politics aside , let’s just find some facts about this subject to provide proof or disprove global warming.
Spring has arrived in the Sandhills. Dogwoods are blooming, bluebirds are nesting and pine pollen is everywhere. Another outward sign of spring is an increase in foot traffic on area trails, including the four-legged variety that enjoy walks in the fresh air as much as their human companions.
In response to U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson’s complaint about President Biden’s budget: At least Biden has presented a budget. Where’s yours?
You know who lacks seriousness when they are attempting to make a point about government? Richard Hudson.
The recent editorial about the Board of Education truthfully portrayed the board without holding back. I agree with everything but take offense to the comment insinuating that most seniors are not limber. That comment borders on ageism, which I have experienced. I’m disappointed to now find …
Our country has many issues that need action. The two at the top of the list are abortion and guns.
Regarding The Pilot’s April 12 story “Airport Officials Request County Support,” isn’t it interesting that of possible options to finance updating the airport, there was no mention of “landing fees.”
In the letter Duke Energy Progress just sent out, it attempts to justify an 18 percent rate increase during the worst economic climate of the past 40 years with six very weak arguments. Three of these deal with modernization, what a sound business does with its profits to lower internal cost…
A reader recently cited a definition of woke as being “well informed” and made the leap that therefore “anti-woke” must be a state of ignorance. As is typical of woke culture, the writer stopped reading as soon as he found information that supported his position.
April 19 marked the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, the brave fight of 1,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto against their Nazi oppressors. The fight lasted about a month, after which 300,000 Jews were marched to the Treblinka Death Camp and murdered.
A Pilot opinion columnist recently asserted that having a gun in the home creates more danger than it prevents.
As a teacher of English for 43 years, I must respond to the school board’s latest anachronistic and ineffective proposal regarding book reports.
On Friday, April 7, some 30 years post acquisition of my Green Card, I was officially sworn in as an American citizen.
The editorial “Being Held Over An Orange Barrel” reminded drivers to prepare for road work between the U.S. Opens. The Traffic Circle immediately comes to mind, but the five-spoked intersection is not the only spot in the Greater Pinehurst Area where driving is measured in minutes rather tha…
A marvelous educational event happened right here in the Moore County school district. I had the pleasure of recently attending the Encore Kids! program by Maestro David Wolff and the Carolina Philharmonic at the Pinecrest High School auditorium.
In agreement with your editorial of April 23, I told you so. You, the majority of voters, left out perfectly good and knowledgeable candidates in favor of the ideology gang.
I loved my grandfather. He always had an exciting story to tell. And right before he died, he gave me a unique present. It was an old-fashioned, thick wool suit, made 100 years ago, with rudimentary repairs in several places. “I want you to remember me,” he said, handing me the heavy old thi…
Some of you may remember that I ran for a county commissioner seat as an unaffiliated candidate. To do that, I was required to get 5 percent of the registered voters in Moore County on my candidacy forms. That totaled nearly 3,000 signatures and took me over 350 hours.
Some love it, some not so much. But still the Pinehurst Traffic Circle works despite a huge increase in traffic volume, yes with occasional three or four-minute delays.
