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Gov. Pat McCrory, General Assembly leadership, and Republican congressional members condemned the letter from Obama's Departments of Education and Justice threatening local school districts with possible loss of federal funding if they don't conform to federal rules regarding transgender students an
Published: Tuesday, May 17th, 2016 @ 12:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina will not stand by and let our locker rooms and high school showers be used for social experimentation at the expense of the privacy and protection of our young boys and girls.
Published: Saturday, May 14th, 2016 @ 6:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Diane Rufino writes an open letter to Governor Pat McCrory to thank him for his support and defense of HB2 ("Public Facilities Privacy & Safety Act")
Published: Sunday, April 24th, 2016 @ 8:00 am
By: Diane Rufino
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In national news coverage leading up to the March 15 presidential primaries, North Carolina's election was treated as an afterthought
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 @ 1:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Those of us in the higher ed reform community have argued for years that the traditional college model is going to experience gale force winds of change.
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 @ 9:09 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The Common Core Standards is a private and federal initiative to reform public education into one that spits out workers, not thinkers
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2015 @ 11:01 am
By: Diane Rufino
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E. M. Forster's frightening short story "The Machine Stops" (1909) depicts a post-apocalyptic world in which all human activity has been subsumed by a global digital network similar to the Internet (except that Forster's version is controlled by a worldwide government bureaucracy)...
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 2:40 am
By: John William Pope Center
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An amendment to replace the States' influence in the federal government since the 17th Amendment was adopted.
Published: Sunday, July 26th, 2015 @ 6:14 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Former North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt Jr. will be among those in attendance Tuesday, March 11 at 5:30 p.m. when a renovated gallery and study space in Joyner Library is dedicated to honor East Carolina University alumna Janice Hardison Faulkner.
Published: Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 @ 4:58 am
By: ECU News Services
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As the Resolutions Chair for the Pitt County GOP, I wrote a series of resolutions that I plan to present at the upcoming 2014 Pitt County GOP Convention, on March 8.
Published: Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 @ 12:22 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Salmon is best appreciated when sauteed in a buttery sauce of common herbs and served on a clean plate. If prepared properly everything else is secondary.
Published: Friday, January 10th, 2014 @ 4:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congress established Kill Devil Hills National Memorial on March 2, 1927 to commemorate Wilbur and Orville Wright and their contribution to aeronautics and for conducting the world's first successful heavier-than air flight.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 9:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We all make mistakes. We err as individuals and as members of groups. All businesses commit errors. All churches, charities, and voluntary associations stumble. All governments screw up.
Published: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 @ 11:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A small change in a North Carolina law affecting charter schools could have a major impact on teacher education in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, August 7th, 2013 @ 4:32 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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How many North Carolinians know that public school education in the state is centered around the government's Common Core initiative?
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 9:15 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Common Core is an educational curriculum being forced upon the states by the Obama administration, which is scheduled to be mostly implemented this year in the 46 states that have adopted it.
Published: Monday, May 20th, 2013 @ 5:18 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Now that North Carolina has lifted its public charter school cap and approved new tax credits for parents of children with special education needs, state leaders still have other options for improving parental choice in education.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2013 @ 12:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Monday, March 26, the Supreme Court began oral arguments in the highly-anticipated case challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act.
Published: Monday, April 2nd, 2012 @ 3:07 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Those who understand the intent behind the Constitution to protect individual liberty take to heart what Thomas Jefferson wrote - ""Every word of the Constitution decides a question between power and liberty."
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2011 @ 4:10 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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On August 4, a federal court in California struck down the gay marriage ban, popularly known as Proposition 8, and handed a victory to thousands of gays and lesbians.
Published: Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 @ 1:49 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The young and very talented traditional / bluegrass ensemble, Bearfoot, is one of the best new, relatively undiscovered bands of their generation.
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 @ 1:22 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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