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The sober realization is that socialism is still challenging freedom - even with the irrefutable mountain of evidence of its abject failure and toll on humans everywhere it has been tried
The sober realization is that socialism is still challenging freedom - even with the irrefutable mountain of evidence of its abject failure and toll on humans everywhere it has been tried
 
The 600-acre waterfront property in Southport set aside for a state-run "megaport" remains vacant and the N.C. State Ports Authority has no plans to develop or sell it
The 600-acre waterfront property in Southport set aside for a state-run "megaport" remains vacant and the N.C. State Ports Authority has no plans to develop or sell it
 
Perhaps it's fitting that the phrase "personnel is policy" came to mind when a noted conservative professor from Princeton spoke Friday to the University of North Carolina's Board of Governors
Perhaps it's fitting that the phrase "personnel is policy" came to mind when a noted conservative professor from Princeton spoke Friday to the University of North Carolina's Board of Governors
 
The final footnote of decades-long legal battles over coastal land adjacent to Hammocks Beach State Park in Onslow County ended Tuesday when the state released a master plan expanding the park
The final footnote of decades-long legal battles over coastal land adjacent to Hammocks Beach State Park in Onslow County ended Tuesday when the state released a master plan expanding the park
 
Jon Sanders writes about a new report from the National Employment Law Project, which looks at how state occupational licensing laws make it difficult for people with arrest and conviction records to find work
Jon Sanders writes about a new report from the National Employment Law Project, which looks at how state occupational licensing laws make it difficult for people with arrest and conviction records to find work
 
Five hundred years after German monk Martin Luther launched what became the Protestant Reformation, his actions still exert a profound effect on the world
Five hundred years after German monk Martin Luther launched what became the Protestant Reformation, his actions still exert a profound effect on the world
 
Robeson Should Welcome Help from NC's Innovative School District
Robeson Should Welcome Help from NC's Innovative School District
 
Around 1 in 4 Recent High School Graduates Enrolled in Remedial Courses
Around 1 in 4 Recent High School Graduates Enrolled in Remedial Courses
 
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors approved a free speech policy that allows for termination of professors and expulsion of students
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors approved a free speech policy that allows for termination of professors and expulsion of students
 
Complacency Puts N.C. Charter School Movement At Risk
 
Time for Constructive Dialogue about District School Facilities
 
On Thursday, state education officials released 2016-17 accountability results for all North Carolina district and charter schools.
On Thursday, state education officials released 2016-17 accountability results for all North Carolina district and charter schools.
 
There's a valid argument against federal tax reform - an argument that didn't apply to North Carolina's path-breaking reforms - but congressional Democrats and their ideological allies are spending most of their time repeating misleading talking points about the bill
There's a valid argument against federal tax reform - an argument that didn't apply to North Carolina's path-breaking reforms - but congressional Democrats and their ideological allies are spending most of their time repeating misleading talking points about the bill
 
Ed School Enrollment and the Limits of Public Policy
 
We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
 
We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
 
A $55.7 million expansion by the N.C. Global TransPark's anchor tenant would bring that company's total investment to less than half of what then-Gov. Mike Easley promised in 2008
A $55.7 million expansion by the N.C. Global TransPark's anchor tenant would bring that company's total investment to less than half of what then-Gov. Mike Easley promised in 2008
 
We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
 
Does Gov. Roy Cooper believe that North Carolina's tax burden should be $3 billion higher?
Does Gov. Roy Cooper believe that North Carolina's tax burden should be $3 billion higher?
 
Veteran Raleigh attorney Thomas Farr must wait until 2018 to see if he remains a candidate for the U.S. District Court opening he was chosen to fill in July
Veteran Raleigh attorney Thomas Farr must wait until 2018 to see if he remains a candidate for the U.S. District Court opening he was chosen to fill in July
 
Election expert Michael Crowell isn’t pulling punches on Senate Bill 656
 
North Carolina is the only state meeting all of the Pew Charitable Trusts best or good practices in taking care of its "rainy day" reserves
North Carolina is the only state meeting all of the Pew Charitable Trusts best or good practices in taking care of its "rainy day" reserves
 
North Carolina does generally well according to national education standards, peers say, but it needs to take better advantage of opportunities to improve
North Carolina does generally well according to national education standards, peers say, but it needs to take better advantage of opportunities to improve
 
A three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals on Tuesday unanimously reversed a Superior Court ruling supporting Currituck County’s authority to block a solar farm
A three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals on Tuesday unanimously reversed a Superior Court ruling supporting Currituck County’s authority to block a solar farm
 
Almost as shocking as the allegations of sexual and racial misconduct about Carolina Panthers’ owner Jerry Richardson published Friday was the news Sunday night that the founding owner of the NFL franchise would sell it at season’s end
Almost as shocking as the allegations of sexual and racial misconduct about Carolina Panthers’ owner Jerry Richardson published Friday was the news Sunday night that the founding owner of the NFL franchise would sell it at season’s end
 
Like just about every university and college these days, mine — N.C. State University — spends millions each year on a sprawling bureaucracy advocating racial, gender, and other types of “cultural” diversity
Like just about every university and college these days, mine — N.C. State University — spends millions each year on a sprawling bureaucracy advocating racial, gender, and other types of “cultural” diversity
 
Public safety is the first and foremost responsibility of government
 
We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
 
We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
 
Occupational licensing rules may be keeping people from moving across state lines and toward job opportunities, a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests
Occupational licensing rules may be keeping people from moving across state lines and toward job opportunities, a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests
 
The misguided and ultimately debilitating and tragic ban of alcohol that we called Prohibition was, at its core, about control
The misguided and ultimately debilitating and tragic ban of alcohol that we called Prohibition was, at its core, about control
 
Angry lawmakers Tuesday advocated civil and possibly criminal action against former executives of Cardinal Innovations Healthcare Solutions, the state's largest behavioral health network
Angry lawmakers Tuesday advocated civil and possibly criminal action against former executives of Cardinal Innovations Healthcare Solutions, the state's largest behavioral health network
 
Top legislative leaders are asking a three-judge panel to move up its hearing date in the latest round of legal wrangling over redrawn N.C. House and Senate election maps
Top legislative leaders are asking a three-judge panel to move up its hearing date in the latest round of legal wrangling over redrawn N.C. House and Senate election maps
 
The last batch of N.C. Supreme Court opinions for 2017 confirms what court watchers have witnessed during the rest of the year: A change in the court's partisan "control" has not translated into a clear split of justices along party lines
The last batch of N.C. Supreme Court opinions for 2017 confirms what court watchers have witnessed during the rest of the year: A change in the court's partisan "control" has not translated into a clear split of justices along party lines
 
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