Within the last 20 years, we have found to be covered by Due Process the right to abortion, which was so little rooted in the traditions of the American people that it was criminal for 200 years.
Published: Saturday, March 28th, 2020 @ 5:30 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Presenting data without appropriate interpretation or context can lead to faulty conclusions, and ultimately policies that make worse the problem you presumably want to solve.
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 @ 10:19 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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To help address the gender pay gap for women workers in North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper today signed Executive Order No. 93. The order directs state government agencies to ban the use of salary history in the hiring process.
Published: Friday, April 5th, 2019 @ 8:25 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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White started her letter by writing that she had hoped fashion would change, adding, “that doesn’t seem to be happening. I’m not trying to insult anyone or infringe upon anyone’s rights. I’m just a Catholic mother of four sons with a problem that only girls can solve: leggings.”
Published: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 @ 9:41 am
By: Daily Wire
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded the unanimous passage of bipartisan legislation he co-sponsored that would criminalize lynching, attempts to lynch, and conspiracy to lynch for the first time in American history.
Published: Saturday, February 16th, 2019 @ 12:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you think you got a good deal or a fair deal in the revaluation of your property for taxes this year, there is a very good chance you did not.
Published: Monday, September 10th, 2018 @ 12:49 am
By: Hood Richardson
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One of the least charming elements of the new push for democratic socialism by members of the media and the American Left is the utter willingness to ignore context
Published: Sunday, August 26th, 2018 @ 2:31 pm
By: Daily Wire
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If you think you got a good deal or a fair deal in the revaluation of your property for taxes this year, there is a very good chance you did not.
Published: Wednesday, July 4th, 2018 @ 6:53 am
By: Hood Richardson
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A majority of North Carolina's congressional delegation, Republicans and Democrats, has spoken out against the separation and detainment of unaccompanied minors at the U.S.-Mexico border
Published: Sunday, July 1st, 2018 @ 7:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Based on appeals from several property owners the 2018 tax valuation may have over-valued many properties in the county.
Published: Monday, June 25th, 2018 @ 5:44 am
By: Hood Richardson
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An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class.
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 2:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Worrying about wealth inequality is like worrying about the last runner in a marathon race not getting a trophy.
Published: Sunday, March 4th, 2018 @ 8:39 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Incoming East Carolina University students will explore America's poverty crisis and social inequality in this year's Pirate Read selection
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2017 @ 1:22 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement concerning the Special Session he called to address a "manufactured political issue" and a "sabotage" by the Left.
Published: Wednesday, December 21st, 2016 @ 11:23 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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It took less than a week into the 2016-2017 academic year for several outrageous stories to surface on college campuses.
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 11:11 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Senator Burr has consistently supported efforts to strengthen and improve the Violence Against Women Act, to close loopholes in the sex offender registry, improve access to health care, and ensure equal pay in the work place.
Published: Saturday, October 15th, 2016 @ 6:35 pm
By: Russell Allen
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The first step in resolving any conflict or problem is to admit that you have one. Let's admit that we have a race problem. Not only is it divisive, but it is killing us - literally and figuratively - impeding our progress and overall welfare
Published: Monday, October 10th, 2016 @ 8:47 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Much political debate in recent years has focused on income inequality in the United States and what, if anything, the federal government ought to do about it
Published: Saturday, October 8th, 2016 @ 7:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An old baseball coach once taught his players a formula: P + O = S; Preparation plus Opportunity equals Success. David and Pamela Leonard aren't baseball coaches, but they are using that same formula to help East Carolina University business students become successful.
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 @ 3:39 am
By: ECU News Services
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Women have made great progress toward equality in the workplace, but much work remains to be done, particularly in achieving work-life balance for both women and men.
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 @ 1:08 pm
By: ECU News Services
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I recently had the honor of speaking in favor of occupational licensing reform before a legislative oversight committee.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 @ 6:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a domain in which the proposed "therapies" are so drastic, it is not too much to ask for a solid, evidence-based statement of who is being treated, for what, and why, before writing a prescription or passing a law.
Published: Sunday, April 24th, 2016 @ 10:33 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) today released the following statement on Equal Pay Day...
Published: Wednesday, April 13th, 2016 @ 3:50 am
By: Chris Downey
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Last week I had the honor of speaking in favor of occupational licensing reform before a legislative oversight committee (you can view my presentation here)...
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2016 @ 5:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is clear, even before the parties' nominees have been selected, that a central feature of this year's presidential election will be an intense debate over growth and equality.
Published: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016 @ 6:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In Great Britain, as in the United States, a growing moral consensus and a lack of political diversity among faculty and administrators is moving higher education away from the pursuit and transmission of knowledge in favour of the promotion of politically correct values
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 9:56 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Growing up in Fuquay-Varina in the 1960s, Sheilah Cotten's only chance to participate in competitive sports before she entered high school was retrieving foul balls during boys' baseball games.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 3:45 am
By: ECU News Services
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It's hard to reach the right conclusion when you start with false premises.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday, ace Carolina Journal reporter Dan Way brought a fascinating yet frightening UNESCO email to my attention. The organization announced a new campaign that calls on teachers "to become advocates for education to help lobby for progress toward achieving the new sustainable development agenda.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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John Cochrane (AKA "The Grumpy Economist") has posted a long meditation entitled "Rule of Law and the Regulatory State" in which he makes a very important...
Published: Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 @ 12:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One day, Bill Bennett may be best remembered for saying (in 1987, while he was President Reagan's education secretary) that government student aid was largely responsible for the fact that the cost of going to college kept rising. What is called the "Bennett Hypothesis" has been heavily debated
Published: Wednesday, July 29th, 2015 @ 10:07 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Left of-center pundits and politicians have spent a lot of time recently bemoaning growing income inequality in the United States. James Piereson, president of the William E. Simon Foundation and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, says the focus on inequality diverts attention from more...
Published: Sunday, February 15th, 2015 @ 10:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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