Author: Rhino Times

To the editor: I am writing as a voter and resident of Old Battle Forest in Greensboro’s District 3. Our neighborhood is home to working- and middle-class families, elderly residents, city workers, postal employees, firefighters...

North Carolina’s tax-cutting strategy deserves a closer look, particularly as voters consider a constitutional amendment requiring limits on local property-tax increases.

Since 2013, the General Assembly has repeatedly reduced state personal and corporate income tax rates. Supporters argue that lower taxes encourage investment, attract businesses, and leave more money in taxpayers’ pockets. Those are legitimate policy goals. But tax cuts also have a cost, and the question is whether lawmakers have adequately accounted for the consequences.

  A Letter from Rhino Reader Austin Morris It’s really rich to see Gov. Roy Cooper bleat about how he “has a plan” to reduce the cost of groceries. Gee I dunno Roy, maybe you could start by eliminating the...

A letter from Rhino Times Reader “Professor”  I recently learned of a story from earlier this year and find myself needing to defend a 10-year-old’s proposal for a $5,000 electric-vehicle rebate. Not because I...

A letter to the editor from Austin Morris At the risk of being labelled a misogynist….  I was horrified and disgusted by the particularly unattractive women in pink shirts who demonstrated outside the courthouse of the...

  A letter to the editor from Austin Morris Franklin Graham is being reported as saying he never had seen such pain before 9/11/2001, and that it is hard to fathom the evil that caused it. It might be hard to fathom, but...

  A letter from Rhino Times Reader Christian Rice One of the most remarkable aspects of modern politics is not that politicians spin the truth—it is that so many voters continue to trust a politician who has built an entire...

A lot of decent and fair minded folk decry anonymity in public speech. They hold that you should stand behind what you say, although I’m not sure exactly what that means, other than simply identifying yourself.

This appears commendable at first blush, and I suspect that’s why so many people concur.

I don’t. Anonymous free speech is the bedrock of every free society – not every society that claims to be free, just every genuinely free society. Anonymity allows things to be said that otherwise cannot be said. Without anonymity the truth is suppressed, and debate is confined within boundaries determined by the state, societal norms, or thuggish ideologies that are both violent and intolerant….

So the man who gaslighted the American people six years ago as he tried to force us all to submit to a toxic injection is now taking the Fifth Amendment – 111 tlimes! – in an attempt not to incriminate himself by...

A Letter From Rhino Times Reader Jim Donaldson Is it time to abolish the NC ABC Department? I say yes as it is a waste of NC Taxpayer’s funds! They close for Christmas Day, New’s Day, Juneteenth, Martin Luther...

From Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

To the Americans:

I’ve travelled all over the world. I’ve familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I’m a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.

And here’s something I’ve noticed, and it’s a key element of America’s continuing greatness:

You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.

From Rhino Reder Austin Morris An African Muslim Communist Mayor of New York City decides to use his Independence Day address to desecrate, demonize and defile this country, Mamdani was flanked by ten people, eight of whom were...

From Rhino Times reader Alan Marshall The only thing the Guilford County Board of Commissioners and the GSO City Council is missing is black robes and powdered wigs. And this applies to R & D alike. They not only show NO...

A Letter from Rhino Times reader Thomas Knapp, the director and senior news analyst at the William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism “The US government,” artificial intelligence firm Anthropic...

From Rhino Times Reader Kimball Shinkoskey How long can America and the world bear up under our President’s regular social media temper tantrums? Will someone please give the President a bottle with some warm milk in it? A...

From Greensboro resident and Rhino Times reader Crystal Earley On June 16, Greensboro City Council voted 9-0 to approve the rezoning of 1701 New Garden Road and 2702 Will Doskey Drive. I spent a month researching the proposal,...

When I emigrated from the UK in 1983 I was quite proud of the fact that the Head of State, Head of Government, and Mayor of the Capital City were all women (Her Majesty The Queen, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and Dame Mary Donaldson).

It reflected the decency and open mindedness of the British people.

Britain is often accused by the Left of being a sclerotic, sexist, patriarchal, and misogynistic society, but this reality disproved their lies.

Forty-three years ago Britain was still British…

Commissioner Alston is beginning to make the case that we must spend to prepare for all the jobs that are going to be created by Jet Zero and Boom Supersonic in the coming years.

The questions I have for Mr. Alston and the rest of the county commissioners are these:

What specific projects do you have in mind to prepare for expected growth?

What are the priorities for the projects you expect to spend tax money on?…

President Trump is a frustrated savior. If only he had been there, he could have fixed it all. For example, recently he said, “I would have won in Vietnam if I had been President.”

He also has reminded us that if he had been President, Russia would never have attacked Ukraine and Hamas would have never invaded Israel….

From Rhino Reader Kevin Six

Efforts to protect the environment take many forms, from individual lifestyle changes to sweeping public policy. Yet in the pursuit of sustainability, well-intentioned government action can sometimes produce unintended consequences. In recent decades, the assumption has been that more regulations will yield better environmental outcomes. Experience suggests the reality is more complex….

President Trump does not care about fissures in the GOP like from the Iran War, virtually automatic military support for Israel, threats to oust Federal Reserve Chair Powell, the Epstein files, loving monarchy, aggression…

I find it very interesting that teachers chose to all simultaneously request a “teacher’s work day”, aka a paid day off, across the state in order to march on Raleigh in protest. And that day just HAPPENED to be May first, May Day…

Now I’m going to point out something that will get me attacked, but guess what…you don’t sign my paycheck and you don’t write my EER so criticize away, I don’t care….

A Letter from Rhino Reader Thomas L. Knapp

The deadline for filing US federal income tax returns falls (usually) on April 15, a date that’s worked its way into the American vocabulary as “tax day.” That’s really not a very accurate term.

For one thing, most Americans pay all sorts of other taxes (sales taxes, excise taxes, property taxes, etc.) all the time. You can’t swing a cat without hitting a tax … and there’s probably a tax on swinging cats, which I recommend against doing for all kinds of reasons other than potential tax implications….

As US Citizens waste 3, 4, 5 hours standing in line at major airports,…

Trump’s “America Alone” strategy, which relies on leveraging US spending power as a ‘bully stick’ negotiation tool, has not delivered the promised results.  Recent data actually indicates the opposite outcome.

Trade balances have not been restored; for example, in November 2025, the US trade deficit reached $56.8 billion—a 94.6% increase from October, largely due to pre-tariff stockpiling. Over the first eleven months of 2025, the total deficit grew about 4.1% compared to the same period in 2024….

Did anybody really think that Skip the Omnipotent would allow the peasants, peons, and other ash and trash (his view of us) of his Fiefdom to have a say on how HE spends OUR tax dollars. The man (cough, cough) only cares about gaining and retaining power and getting his name forever in the history books of Guilford County….

MAGA has a really obvious set of bad habits guiding its movement.
MAGA promotes mass ignorance (trust in autocrats), political force (ICE), dishonesty (lying about the 2020 election), and military adventurism (Venezuela and Iran).
MAGA champions economic monopoly (oil, steel, and everything else), social and sexual exploitation (coverup of Epstein’s pals), and a Christian nationalist religion based on a discredited version of the teachings of Jesus…

I was only an infantry grunt for 20 years with a high school education (before New Math fortunately) but according to my calculator that comes out to $747 million dollars. Nearly ¾ of a BILLION dollars that Skip and his sycophants want…no, not want, will TAKE from We the People. A major part is to build a new ‘county facility’ (read Palace). Remember the new Sheriff’s facility they built? Remember how much overrun there was on that…

That incident in Eden last year was horrible. Four men were killed through irresponsible and careless driving by a City of Eden employee. But he didn’t intend to kill them; it was not murder.

The truck driver, Michael Vernon, 66, missed a stop sign. The consequences were horrific. Four guys were killed and two more injured. It doesn’t get much worse for running a stop sign…

For those of us who could think for ourselves it was always preposterous.

A Chinese street market that had existed for over a century suddenly and spontaneously produced a novel and virulent virus that had never been seen before. This venerable and unremarkable open market was a quarter mile from China’s primary biological research and warfare laboratory, the Wuhan Institute of Virology. And we were expected to believe that this was a coincidence. It didn’t even pass the straight face test….

 A letter from Rhino Times reader Miller Foster

Speaking of the cost of living, on top of the DSP Tax Extortion Agency, there are many other things where prices are moving into the unaffordable category.

One of the rackets is insurance for cars and homes.  The main reason these keep going up is what the trade describes as “claims experience”.  Sure, it is probable that many people game the system; but now the cost of maintaining our real estate and taxes on same, and the subsequent cost of repairing damaged houses and cars, are ballistic…

The battle between good and evil persists, as it always has, as it always will.

Freedom means that evil will exist for as long as man has free will, because freedom means the ability to do evil as well as good. Freedom to do one thing but not the other is not real freedom. This is the answer to the question of why God permits evil in this world. It is an inescapable corollary of freedom…

As the 2026 Primary approaches, the Guilford County Democratic Party has called for early‑voting sites at Barber Park, Charlotte Hawkins Brown, NC A&T, UNCG Kaplan Center, and Washington Terrace Park.

It’s important to remember that in 2022, when the BOE had a Democratic majority, only eight early voting sites were used, and these five locations were not included — yet voters had ample access…

A letter from Rhino reader Deanna M. De’Liberto,

I was deeply saddened to read the article titled “2 National Guard Members Shot in D.C.” The news that two West Virginia National Guard members were critically wounded while serving our nation is both shocking and heartbreaking.

These brave men put themselves in harm’s way to protect others, and their dedication deserves our gratitude and respect. My thoughts and prayers are with them…

A letter from Rhino Times reader Kimball Shinkoskey

Western civilization has seen the MAGA movement before, with its systematic discrimination based on financial power, illegitimate political power, faulty science, religious chauvinism, racism, and sexism.

In the Middle East today, Israel uses biblical “chosen people” ideology to discriminate against and make perpetual war against Palestinians…

From Rhino Reader Alan Marshall

I am watching the news as they are reporting on the shooting of the two NG troops in DC. While the situation is developing, various stories are flying.

One thing some of the news outlets are talking about is the body armor these troops were wearing. Unless things have changed, my experience is these are not “bullet proof” vests. They are flack vests. Those vests are primarily designed for shrapnel, not bullets, and definitely not high velocity ammunition. I’m looking…

A Letter From Rhino Reader Austin Morris

In Wednesday’s Budget Speech the British Chancellor of the Exchequer unveiled a series of tax increases and new taxes that, according to the OBR (Office for Budget Responsibility) will raise the tax burden to THE HIGHEST EVER ON RECORD, including all periods of war.

Working Britons are now essentially slaves to the state….

From Rhino Times Reader “Term Limits.”  (This was actually a comment on a story but I am running it in this space because it does raise an important question as to whether the incentives structure in the area has gone too far.  After all, it is likely most of these companies would locate here anyway and, since those companies are expanding, it means it is money taken from strapped taxpayers and being given to prosporous companies. This  also raises the question of whether rocket speed growth is always a good thing for a community.) 

I have an idea, let’s prohibit anonymous corporations from receiving incentives. If a corporation wants to move here, make it known to the public. Maybe we don’t want the business in our county. We have a right to know who is taking our property tax money BEFORE it is given out. Why should the public’s water supply be threatened by growth that the government orchestrated…

A Letter To The Editor From A Rhino Times Reader (who asked that his name not be used due to fear of retaliation) People say Donald Trump isn’t Hitler because Trump, as horrible a human being as he is, isn’t murdering people....

Last time I checked, Senators and Representatives were selected by We the People to represent US in the Senate and the House. Nowhere do I see anything about a Party. Nowhere do I see anything about a handful of people holding those titles telling the rest how and when to vote for something. (I won’t get into term limits right now, but…)

The British police and media are at pains to stress that the perpetrators are “British”.  I had to do a lot of digging to learn that the attackers are 32 and 35 year old negroes. If that term is now one of the many considered offensive, I apologise. They can’t be called African-American, “British-African” is not a term, and one is from the Caribbean anyway. And negro is the correct term for their race.
In other words, there isn’t a British bone in their bodies. The media are lying…

To the Editor:

On May 11, I ordered tickets for the Andrea Bocelli concert to be held at the First Horizon Coliseum at Greensboro Complex. Having enjoyed a Bocelli concert several years ago, I knew to look forward to a wonderful evening. Alas, that was not to be.

When I purchased the concert tickets, I wasn’t living in Greensboro yet….

From Rhino Times Reader Alan Marshall

During the big(?) “No Kings” geriatric parades across the country which, for the most part, were peaceful there were a few brainless hiccups. The most reported one was the teacher that was filmed pantomiming her version of the moment Charlie Kirk was assassinated during his rally. If she hasn’t been fired, she needs to be. And if she was/is, you can bet she’s going to be screaming they violated her First Amendment rights.

From Rhino Reader Austin Morris

My wife says I’m naive in many ways, instinctively outraged by injustices that appal me. It’s true that I still want to cry “That’s not fair!” when I see wrong done. She says I’m 61 going on 16.  Okay, so maybe I have emotional dyslexia…

I watched some real life videos two years ago today. They depicted young people who were at a music festival being stabbed to death, raped, and violated in the most obscene ways imaginable. They were even being shot dead through plastic doors as they used the Porta-Johns provided for them on a beautiful…

From Rhino Reader J. Sobran

Epstein’s biographer Julie K. Brown said that Jeffrey Epstein openly boasted about working for both the CIA and Mossad.  Epstein said the same to at least one of the girls he used (she testified in court documents).

Ari Ben-Menashe, a former senior official in Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate, claimed that Epstein was a spy and that he and Ghislaine Maxwell…

From Rhino Reader James Bennett

Been shopping for kids returning to school lately?  Done any grocery shopping recently?  Buy any shoes?  How about chocolate? Then you must have noticed dramatic price increases in all these things, and in many others.

Everyday items that have risen the most due to tariffs in 2025 include clothing, footwear, food items like coffee and fresh produce, electronics, automobiles, and household goods. Clothing prices have surged by about 37-40%, shoes by nearly 39%, fresh produce by…

From Rhino Reader Alan Marshall

The extreme left, which I refer to as the (National Socialist) Democrat Party, has finally ripped off their mask, showing their true colors. First Mangion, now Robinson, have become the idols of a group of dangerous people.

Finally, the average common sense using, thinking American has spoken loud and long enough to make the people that can do something act. But more importantly, IMO, people are being held responsible for their actions and speech.

I am a concerned citizen. Check that. I am an outraged citizen.

The current leadership exemplified from  the Greensboro City Council, City Manager and Staff, and Police Chief is nothing short of  willful negligence.

The basic priorities of local government have always been public/traffic safety, a well maintained infrastructure (water, sewer and roads) and sound fiscal management of tax dollars…

To the Editor of the Rhino Times,

I’d like to express my frustration about the recent U.S. Open delay that occurred today for the Alcaraz vs. Sinner match. Many of us had set aside a good four and a half hours to enjoy the match, only to find it delayed by an hour just for a certain guest—Donald Trump—to arrive…