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After traveling with the U.S. Presidential delegation to the Winter Olympics closing ceremonies, led by Ivanka Trump, the entire country is very proud of our athletes. Not only did they perform well in their events, they did it with extraordinary class and sportsmanship
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 @ 2:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Courts have been dealing with gerrymandering - the redrawing of legislative district lines to further a particular political interest - for more than 50 years
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 @ 6:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The News & Observer recently ran an op-ed from Froma Harrop arguing that renewable energy has become competitive with traditional energy resources
Published: Monday, February 12th, 2018 @ 8:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This article, excerpted from Mike Scrugg's book THE UN-CIVIL WAR, discusses the first 13th Amendment, which was QUITE DIFFERENT from the one which was ratified in 1865.
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 @ 1:09 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Each unconstitutional act usurps the powers delegated or reserved to the People and the States. Nature's Law supersedes man's law. Every failure to resist the tyranny posed by an unconstitutional act tightens the noose around freedom's neck.
Published: Friday, January 26th, 2018 @ 10:49 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The three-judge federal panel handling the Covington v. North Carolina redistricting lawsuit did not say Friday which of the three legislative maps under consideration they preferred, or hint when they might issue an order
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 1:56 am
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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A decision last year by the N.C. Supreme Court ordering the state to compensate fairly property owners who filed a lawsuit over the Map Act appeared to signal a win for all people living in planned highway corridors throughout North Carolina, most notably a proposed beltline around Winston-Salem
Published: Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 @ 4:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans chose to shun race as a consideration in remapping 28 legislative districts federal courts have deemed racial gerrymanders
Published: Tuesday, September 5th, 2017 @ 6:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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But Antifa protesters - armed with sticks and shields and clad in shin pads and gloves - largely routed the security checks and by 1:30 p.m. police reportedly left the security line at the Center Street and Milvaia Street entrance to the park.
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 @ 4:33 pm
By: Daily Wire
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It's entirely possible for people to commit a crime in North Carolina without even realizing it
Published: Friday, August 11th, 2017 @ 10:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you got this far and think that Willie is dead, he is still alive. (as of April 30, 2017 6:30 AM) This is an album review and not an obituary.
Published: Sunday, May 7th, 2017 @ 8:58 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Obamacare has failed. Almost all of its original promises have been broken
Published: Sunday, January 15th, 2017 @ 4:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The outcome of the presidential election puzzled many people. How could such a brash, offensive personality - who didn't understand the nuances of conservatism, who spoke in politically incorrect tweets -win election to lead the world's greatest nation? How could such a dark campaign bring us this
Published: Friday, December 30th, 2016 @ 5:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As a former news reporter, I am embarrassed by how the press fell hook, line and sinker for a court expansion crisis that was speculated by Democrats, rumored by Democrats, and fed by Democrats
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2016 @ 3:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On November 16, thousands of students at public and private universities across the country walked out of classes to protest the election of Donald Trump to the presidency
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2016 @ 12:25 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Rewriting History Again
Published: Sunday, November 20th, 2016 @ 11:36 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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It is too early to tell at this writing whether Roy Cooper's slim election night lead over Pat McCrory will hold after the remaining ballots are counted, all ballots are recounted, and all potential legal contests and protests are filed and adjudicated
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 @ 5:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the 23rd Biennial Conference of the North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) held in Asheville, the delegates attending voted overwhelmingly to endorse Pat McCrory for his second term as Governor
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016 @ 2:21 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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On Friday, the president of a top public-interest watchdog group issued the following statement regarding U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan's decision...
Published: Monday, August 22nd, 2016 @ 7:26 am
By: Jim Kouri
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6 Seconds Ain't A Lot...Or is it?
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2016 @ 3:31 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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What do I know about you?
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 @ 10:06 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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As recent controversies in North Carolina and elsewhere have established, political debate is only partially about facts, principles, and logic
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2016 @ 8:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The laws of economics, much like gravity, are not subject to a vote. Unfortunately, the sponsors of HB 1046, Constitutional Amendment [to] Up the Minimum Wage, need to be reminded of this.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 @ 5:18 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Jeremy Tedesco regarding a U.S. Commission on Civil Rights statement issued Monday
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2016 @ 5:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If the name Mickey Newberry is not familiar to you, don't feel alone
Published: Friday, April 1st, 2016 @ 11:14 am
By: Bobby Tony
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In honor of the Iowa Caucuses today I have gone back into my Archives to bring you a Presidential Campaign Silliness from the 2008 Election. Do you think we have progressed past Silly since then. I sure don't.
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2016 @ 11:55 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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North Carolina has, over time, developed a reputation as a battleground state. Tar Heels may be surprised to learn, however, that North Carolinians, with opposing opinions, once unfortunately settled their political debate on an actual battleground -- the 1771 Battle of Alamance.
Published: Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 @ 4:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The first of my two twos is going to strike many of you as shear unmitigated silly foolishness because it is so far out that you are going to shout at your computer, "He made that up! That could not have happened!"
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 @ 1:41 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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The original country music outlaw was and still is an unabashed iconoclast in a world of conformity
Published: Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 @ 11:52 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Forty-Six years ago 11 were killed at a local Georgia dragstrip. I was there.
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 5:13 am
By: Bobby Tony
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As someone who views constitutional government as a basic institution of freedom, and constitutions as wielding near-divine authority, I retain what to some might be a surprising or even cavalier openness to constitutional amendment.
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 4:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I recently returned from the United Kingdom, where there's much talk of historical commemorations.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 8:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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