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We all recognize the 4th of July as Independence Day - as the day we declared our independence from England. We celebrate the Declaration of Independence has since become our nation's most cherished symbol of liberty.
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2024 @ 7:10 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Jewel Kilcher is probably the single most talented performer / songwriter, in terms of ballads, in the last 20 years.
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2023 @ 10:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Let’s get one thing straight from the get-go: this isn’t a partisan thing.
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 @ 12:21 am
By: Daily Wire
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Cooper wanting to protect murder of unborn
Published: Sunday, May 14th, 2023 @ 5:20 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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You have taken the spotlight off North Carolina in expelling two Black Representatives from the floor of your legislature. Elected Representatives.
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 8:10 am
By: Lib Campbell
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The Turnage Theater celebrated Christmas early: "The Cowboy Way."
Published: Friday, December 16th, 2022 @ 4:41 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Marc Caputo writes for Politico about the obstacles ahead for Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2020 @ 8:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It would be very tempting to give a quick answer, but that is really NOT what Deatherage is looking for!
Published: Saturday, February 16th, 2019 @ 9:27 am
By: Oddy Crist
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Hardly a week goes by without hearing news that North Carolina or some North Carolina city or town is achieving a high ranking on a business or quality of life survey
Published: Saturday, November 24th, 2018 @ 12:27 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Economist and N.C. native Thomas Sowell’s recent decision to end his syndicated newspaper column at age 86 has prompted this observer to revisit some of Sowell’s most compelling observations
Published: Friday, February 3rd, 2017 @ 6:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There was a time when one's initiation into the fraternity of journalism included a profound indoctrination into the value of the First Amendment to the survival of our Republic.
Published: Sunday, July 5th, 2015 @ 11:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Steve Logan, former East Carolina University head football coach, recently remarked that things don't usually turn out well for head coaches. The same is often true for anyone who serves "at the pleasure" of someone or some group. UNC President Tom Ross is the latest example.
Published: Sunday, January 25th, 2015 @ 2:20 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Now, it appears WCNC in Charlotte has found one more questionable scenario involving Tillis, some wealthy donors, their real estate deals, and the proposed I-77 toll lane project enthusiastically backed by Tillis.
Published: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 @ 8:01 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Mr. Henry Carlton Heady, age 68, a resident of 6715 Clark’s Neck Road, Washington, NC died suddenly Tuesday June 3, 2014 at his home.
Published: Wednesday, June 4th, 2014 @ 4:38 pm
By: Announcements
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One year ago, the UNC system's general administration and Board of Governors published an ambitious set of plans for the state's 17 public universities called Our Time, Our Future: The UNC Compact with North Carolina. One of those plans aims to revamp general education curricula. It seeks to...
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 9:07 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The JLF research staff is completing the upcoming edition of our City and County Issue Guide, and in so doing I am writing about convention centers, stadiums, and other municipal vanity projects. The projects are invariably sold to city leaders as sure-fire ways to boost the local economy and raise
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 @ 6:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Kay Hagan appears to be longing for those good ol' pre-2009 days of taxing and spending with Marc and Tony and the gang in the North Carolina Senate.
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2014 @ 2:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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It's a far cry from those heady days in 2008 and 2009 when a certain former state senator from Greensboro aspiring to be a US senator was telling us that we were going to eat every bit of our ObamaCare, and we were going to like it.
Published: Wednesday, November 13th, 2013 @ 6:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It seems like ages ago, but there was once a RINO herd in Beaufort County, and it formed once to stamp out principled Conservatives.
Published: Saturday, March 16th, 2013 @ 6:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have always wondered just how a community organizer from Chicago could get elected to the highest office of the land.
Published: Friday, July 27th, 2012 @ 2:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I shouldn't care really. I have often worked harder for a cause than the cause actually deserved. It is my nature, I suppose, to toil in the vineyards diligently, and know strongly my purpose, which at one time was to do my best to actually help my Republican party to stand for something.
Published: Thursday, July 12th, 2012 @ 6:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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What Led Self-professed Conservative Walter Jones to Endorse Self-professed Liberal Arthur Williams?This system worked quite well; they were a great team - Ed was unbeatable and Arthur was to be the ascending Democrat in one local seat or another, after Ed retired, and Ed did one day retire.
Published: Sunday, June 24th, 2012 @ 1:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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