<![CDATA[IndependentTribune.com: Columnists]]> http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/list/opinion/columnists/ en <![CDATA[Life lessons not learned]]> <![CDATA[Democrats, UNC basketball fans have much in common]]> <![CDATA[UNC basketball, Easter and the chance for a better life]]> <![CDATA[John Hope Franklin was a true North Carolinian]]> <![CDATA[A window on Washington closes]]> <![CDATA[What were they thinking? Obama's wounded warriors misstep]]> <![CDATA[Magic answer proves elusive]]> <![CDATA[When pigs fly: the ruckus over earmarks]]> <![CDATA[Just off interstate, Hillsborough offers piece of history]]> <![CDATA[Obama walks, chews gum and sends Congress his budget]]> <![CDATA[Lessons from North Carolina's backcountry revolutionaries]]> <![CDATA[Learning from forest fires, hurricanes and recessions]]> <![CDATA[North Carolina's crisis in confidence]]> <![CDATA[How will North Carolina get along in the Connected Age?]]> <![CDATA[Obama is no FDR]]> <![CDATA[Remembering where we were on this historic day]]> <![CDATA[What did he say? A look at some 'Bushisms']]> <![CDATA[Is the South still special?]]> <![CDATA[Understanding why Hoover failed and why we might, too]]> <![CDATA[Environment takes backseat to jobs, riches in new novel]]>