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Kind of sounds like the beginning of a funny joke; however, sadly, it is not.
Published: Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 @ 9:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This presidency, his pathetic staff, his inept cabinet and their respective departments, and, finally, his accompanying mainstream media are rotten to the core: But how can a nation save itself from itself when it is not smart enough to consider the question?
Published: Thursday, August 21st, 2014 @ 11:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Late last week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted in favor of a bill preventing President Barack Obama from bypassing Congress to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants.
Published: Monday, August 4th, 2014 @ 7:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Heritage Action has updated their conservatism rankings for the current session of Congress.
Published: Sunday, August 3rd, 2014 @ 10:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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It would seem that the Anointed One's Chief Skin Merchant, (Eric Holder - in case you were wondering) doesn't like the way North Carolina wants to run its elections.
Published: Monday, June 16th, 2014 @ 6:42 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Have you been wondering why Eric Holder and his Justice Department has been too busy to investigate a lot of troublesome things going on in our Government or respond to congressional inquiries in any kind of reasonable time frame??
Published: Monday, June 9th, 2014 @ 7:12 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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The 2014 Primary Election is over and only one legislative race remains undecided. In N.C. House District 23 Democratic primary, where four candidates were vying for the open seat, no candidate received more than 40 percent of the total vote. As a result, the candidate in second place...
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 6:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Monday, May 12th, 2014 @ 1:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I know my advice is fated to be hated. I know it's hard to follow. But I'm going to offer it, anyway - again. Politicians and pundits across the ideological spectrum should avoid drawing sweeping conclusions from limited, preliminary data about North Carolina's labor market.
Published: Tuesday, April 1st, 2014 @ 5:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There's an old newsroom adage that if a dog bites a man, it's not news, but if a man bites a dog, it is. For those who don't understand this musty aphorism, it means that something being unusual greatly adds to its newsworthiness.
Published: Saturday, March 29th, 2014 @ 10:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Janet D. Holdren-Bowles, age 56, of 125 S. Robin Lane in Bath, NC died Friday, March 7, 2014 at her residence.
Published: Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 @ 5:41 am
By: Announcements
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As couples celebrated the most recent Valentine's Day, it looked as if Obamacare's love for the young invincibles remained unrequited.
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 1:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"I am hurt," says the dying Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet after trying to stand up for his friend Romeo and getting stabbed for it. "A plague o' both your houses!" In popular remembrance, we actually invest the Bard's line with even more poetic force by substituting a different word when wishing...
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 @ 6:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Taxpayers and motorists would be better served if the proposed Monroe Connector/Bypass were judged on a merit-based system adopted last year rather than the old system that typically rewarded political influence and geography, a top transportation planner said.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014 @ 11:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The average North Carolina household in every income category received a tax cut from the 2013 tax reform.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 8:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For North Carolina liberals intent on recovering some political power in Raleigh, a funny thing happened on the way to a quorum: reality intruded on their most-cherished claims about the two biggest issues in North Carolina politics.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 @ 2:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Much has been said and written about the election law reform legislation known as VIVA (Voter Identification Verification Act - HB 589) - but too many of the reports are misleading or just plain wrong.
Published: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 @ 4:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The NSA has been getting a lot of what surely is unwelcome (to them) press and TV coverage lately.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 @ 2:29 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Gov. Pat McCrory's chief legal counsel said Tuesday that the governor, a Republican, decided to hire an outside lawyer to defend a lawsuit over the state's new voter identification and election law because of public statements about the law from Democratic state Attorney General Roy Cooper.
Published: Sunday, October 27th, 2013 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In proclaiming October 17 as Earthquake Preparedness Day, Governor Pat McCrory reminds North Carolinians how to protect themselves by using three simple steps: drop, cover and hold.
Published: Monday, October 14th, 2013 @ 1:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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No, I'm not speculating about the president's strategies for implementing his health care law or besting Congressional Republicans in budget battles. Today's topic is closer to home: the decision by Attorney General Eric Holder to file a lawsuit alleging that North Carolina's new election law...
Published: Friday, October 4th, 2013 @ 12:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday struck back at the federal government, saying the U.S. Department of Justice was "working in the fringes." McCrory, a Republican, said the state would defend the lawsuit filed by the Democratic administration of President Barack Obama against the state's new election...
Published: Thursday, October 3rd, 2013 @ 3:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is telling that when Washington decides to attack North Carolina's new voting reforms, the nation's top legal authority paints a misleading picture of those laws.
Published: Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013 @ 12:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory today criticized Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to challenge North Carolina's common sense voter-ID requirement, calling it a meritless federal overreach.
Published: Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013 @ 12:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Egged on by Kay Hagan — our senior US senator who also, BTW, happens to be Chuck Schumer’s sock puppet — Barry Obama has dispatched his attorney general Eric Holder to sue North Carolina over its new law requiring photo ID to vote in the state’s elections.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2013 @ 5:34 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Did you ever hear of a young man named Treyvon Martin before a year and a half ago or so?? Not likely. His death was truly a sad event.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 3:18 am
By: Jim Bispo
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It's demise was part of the draconian elections overhaul passed by the legislature and signed by the governor last month that makes it harder for North Carolinians to register and vote.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 @ 9:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Eric Holder says it; Colin Powell says it: every NAACP "preacher" in the country says it: every Dem in the countryside says it.
Published: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 @ 6:55 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Yesterday, despite being warned of its consequences, Gov. Pat McCrory signed HB 589 into law.
Published: Tuesday, August 13th, 2013 @ 1:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Most people need a manager. President Obama's boys are managed. It's just not making them any smarter.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2013 @ 11:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Constitution provides for such removal from office if the public servant breaks the law, so I reiterate: When will Attorney General Eric Holder be Impeached?
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 10:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Seriously folks, there are much larger issues to bear here today in our broken federal government; however ....
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 1:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Both the Chinese and Russians stuck their finger in our eye when they, out of hand, either ignored (in the case of the Chinese) or outright rejected (in the case of the Russians) our request for the return of an alleged traitor.
Published: Sunday, July 7th, 2013 @ 6:38 am
By: Jim Bispo
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