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It was nice to have a few days off - and I made the most of it. I came to Elizabeth City and spent my time doing the things that I hold dearest, rocking Brynn, playing with Lyla and cooking.
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 2:11 am
By: Michele Rhem
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The quotation comes from a recently published opinion by North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge John M. Tyson
Published: Friday, September 28th, 2018 @ 5:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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My wife is angry at the government. No surprise there, I suppose - we do have a great deal in common
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2018 @ 1:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Wednesday, The New York Times printed an anonymous op-ed by a senior member of the Trump administration supposedly revealing that members of the administration are hemming in Trump's worst instincts
Published: Tuesday, September 11th, 2018 @ 6:39 pm
By: Daily Wire
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On Wednesday, The New York Times printed an anonymous op-ed by a senior member of the Trump administration supposedly revealing that members of the administration are hemming in Trump's worst instincts.
Published: Monday, September 10th, 2018 @ 12:12 am
By: Daily Wire
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On Friday, Slate published a beautifully-written essay by Jamelle Bouie about the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, which pays tribute to those who were lynched by white mobs between the Civil War and the civil rights movement.
Published: Sunday, May 6th, 2018 @ 11:11 am
By: Daily Wire
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Donald Trump is the sun of the contemporary American political system
Published: Friday, February 2nd, 2018 @ 4:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Republican-led Senate Select Committee on Judicial Reform and Redistricting on Wednesday rolled out a skeleton proposal for a constitutional amendment to switch from electing judges to a multistep appointment process
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2018 @ 8:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The misguided and ultimately debilitating and tragic ban of alcohol that we called Prohibition was, at its core, about control
Published: Friday, December 15th, 2017 @ 1:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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My Methodist pastor wife, Lib Campbell, delivered a sermon last week that deserves our attention right now
Published: Sunday, August 27th, 2017 @ 9:37 am
By: Tom Campbell
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After roughly two hours of debate, Thursday evening the Republican-led Senate passed a $22.9 billion General Fund budget for the 2017-19 fiscal cycle by an initial 34-15 party-line vote, more than the 30 votes that would be needed to override a veto by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper
Published: Sunday, May 21st, 2017 @ 9:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Do you often drop things now that you never did before? Here are a couple of solutions. One helps pick them up the other may help keeping you from dropping things.
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 @ 2:43 am
By: Bobby Tony
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The recent appointment of U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos exhibited much that is destructive, even demented, about our current political discourse
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2017 @ 1:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As with most of my articles, this article started out as an argument with myself but quickly morphed into a lesson during this Christmas season.
Published: Friday, December 30th, 2016 @ 1:23 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Located only a few minutes' drive from Statesville is Fort Dobbs - North Carolina's only frontier fort during the French and Indian War
Published: Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The science fiction pioneer H.G. Wells once observed that "human history is, in essence, a history of ideas."
Published: Saturday, October 15th, 2016 @ 10:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As of January 31, state government had collected $12.1 billion in General Fund revenue and expended $11.2 billion on education, Medicaid, and other state programs since the beginning of the 2015-16 fiscal year
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2016 @ 3:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Don't laugh, The army trained for combat using Daisy BB Guns.
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2016 @ 11:20 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Researchers from Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill presented their report on the effects of alcohol on the brains of young people to the Governor's Substance Abuse and Underage Drinking Prevention and Treatment Task Force today. Governor Pat McCrory requested the report in December.
Published: Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 @ 10:47 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Two House bills intended to reduce partisan manipulation of legislative redistricting could be acted on in the short session starting in April, though retiring Sen. Bob Rucho, R-Mecklenburg, predicted the Senate would not approve either.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 12:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The last theme around which we find the loudest and most persistent arguments for the reform of our conservatories is the need for music programs to focus on the cultivation of creativity. What makes these arguments so powerful and so sinister is that they often begin from that old, familiar...
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2015 @ 10:31 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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It may be a shameless plug, but I think many readers might be interested in my new book
Published: Saturday, August 29th, 2015 @ 3:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Everybody seems to have some memory of the term "Military Industrial Complex" as if it were some sinister and evil concept.
Published: Tuesday, August 25th, 2015 @ 8:29 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Seventy years ago on August 14, 1945, America and its Allies observed V-J Day, the end of World War II.
Published: Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 @ 3:05 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The case for significantly curtailing occupational licensing in North Carolina and elsewhere recently got a major boost from an unexpected source: the White House.
Published: Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 @ 6:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Conversations I've had with non-academics about university employment practices usually evoke surprise and skepticism.
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2015 @ 7:09 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Monte Kemp a Former Petroleum salesman passes at 94 year old. Stories must be told
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2015 @ 2:57 am
By: Bobby Tony
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The price of great love is real grief. I had a full blown experience in 1992 when my beloved father died from liver cancer.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 8:59 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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