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Barlow Herget is a commentator and host on State Government Radio at Curtis Media. He has been a commentator on UNC public radio and an instructor in continuing education at Duke University. Herget was a Nieman Fellow ('70) at Harvard University, has worked for the Daily Press of Paragould, Ark., the Detroit Free Press, and the News & Observer of Raleigh. His articles have appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times and numerous other publications. Contact him by email.
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Practical answers lacking on debt, war issues
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Bailed out and unpunished
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Osama bin Laden meets justice
His death was justice delayed, but justice in the end.
The war that's still with us
I, as a white Southerner, still see ghosts, dragging the chains of segregation and the secret thoughts of racial inferiority.
Please, no 'shut 'er down' here
There's a lesson in the budget for the forthcoming battle over lifting the debt ceiling.
Japanese lessons
On of the lessons we can learn is the ongoing nightmare of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant can be instructive.
Another option to balance budget
The option that dare not speak its name.
Been there, done that
The charter schools movement as a new backdoor to the old idea of segregated academies.
Watch out for Egyptian radicals
History is filled with well-intentioned revolutions that have ended with despots and tyrants worse than those they replaced.
Another look at gun control laws
Barlow says the Tucson shootings just might be the impetus needed to re-examine gun laws.
Divided we stand
Why the country should find a middle ground to meet in.
Wikileaks misses mark on transparency
"Open" isn't always "better."
Tax cut renewal tests Obama, Democratic majority
President Obama returned from a rough trade trip overseas to the hollers and hoots of Republicans who clobbered Mr. Obama's party in the Nov. 2 election.
Against common sense and economic success
Barlow explains the Burr under his saddle.
Party of one
Can Republicans afford to keep alienating one ethnic and religious group after another?
