Tomorrow morning (Tuesday), legislators in the House Health Committee will vote on HB184 - a bad bill that will cost taxpayers and State Health Plan members more than $1 million per day if it's enacted.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 @ 8:44 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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There are several candidates who are seeking the Congressional seat from the 3rd District that was held by the late great Walter B. Jones, but only one is a tried and true conservative.
Published: Friday, March 15th, 2019 @ 6:44 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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North Carolina voters have tried for a long time now to enact a common-sense voter identification law.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 10:36 am
By: Diane Rufino
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This is a question implicit in every policy debate. However, it is rarely actually addressed.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 9:21 am
By: Diane Rufino
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This past Monday, February 25, US Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bill - The BORN-ALIVE ABORTION SURVIVORS PROTECTION ACT - that would have threatened prison time for doctors who don't attempt to save the lives of infants born alive during failed abortions.
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 @ 7:14 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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On September 3, 1783, representatives from the American states, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay, and a representative of King George III signed the Treaty of Paris to officially end the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2019 @ 12:09 am
By: Diane Rufino
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On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down one of the most controversial opinions in its history. It issued its opinion regarding the constitutionality of state laws banning and even criminalizing abortion.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 3:36 am
By: Diane Rufino
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For those who aren't familiar with Margaret Sanger and her influence on the Eugenics movement and on the Women's Rights movement, here is an excellent article
Published: Thursday, February 21st, 2019 @ 12:58 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Try not to think of this day as an opportunity to find a good sale, to finally get the new stove you'd been wanting for years or the new dining room set you've had your eyes on. I'm certainly guilty of that myself.
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 10:07 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I attended Congressman Walter Jones' funeral service today at St. Peter's Catholic Church.
Published: Sunday, February 17th, 2019 @ 11:31 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Thank You, President Trump for taking the initiative to acknowledge the humanity in an unborn child and thank you for pointing out the inhumanity of those would-be mothers who choose to abort the life inside them.
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 @ 8:21 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The wicked place known as New York City, is once again at the center of controversy.
Published: Sunday, February 10th, 2019 @ 10:37 am
By: Diane Rufino
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A federal district court in Denver has ruled that Christian cake artist and baker, Jack Phillips, can proceed in his lawsuit against the State of Colorado for its alleged continued harassment of him on account of his religious beliefs.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2019 @ 3:00 am
By: Diane Rufino
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President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence addressed this year's March for Life, the 45th annual March for Life in DC, by video from the White House Rose Garden.
Published: Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 @ 5:02 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Democrats used to be the party of Bad Ideas. Now it's the party of Bad People.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 12:35 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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OK, the loony left has struck again. Liberals/progressives have finally left the planet. Lights out, nobody is home. They've "opened their minds" so much that their brains have literally fallen out.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 12:46 am
By: Diane Rufino
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December 15 marks a very special day in our founding history - On that date in 1791, the first 14 states (Vermont had just been admitted to the Union as the 14th state), ratified the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, known collectively as our Bill of Rights.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 3:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Last night President Trump delivered a straightforward message to the American people regarding the situation on the southern border. He called that situation a "crisis."
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 12:08 am
By: Diane Rufino
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There are three theories, perhaps even four, upon which President Trump can close our southern border, including providing a permanent, physical barrier.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2019 @ 10:09 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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There is a disabling disease going around; epidemiologists believe it hit sometime in the fall of 2016.
Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2019 @ 11:31 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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On October 16, 2018, Francisco Gonzalez wrote an article, or more aptly, a book review, entitled " Why Open Borders Are Bad for America's Immigrants"; it was published by The Federalist.
Published: Friday, January 4th, 2019 @ 12:03 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Four days ago, a date came and went without much mention. Yet it was so significant.
Published: Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 @ 6:55 am
By: Diane Rufino
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On November 6, an amendment to the North Carolina constitution requiring voters to present a photo identification for voting in person (the "Voter ID" amendment) passed with 55 percent support.
Published: Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019 @ 12:37 am
By: Diane Rufino
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On November 6, an amendment to the North Carolina constitution requiring voters to present a photo identification for voting in person (the "Voter ID" amendment) passed with 55 percent support.
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2018 @ 10:35 am
By: Diane Rufino
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A week ago, I visited Dealey Plaza in Dallas, the place where John F. Kennedy as assassinated so brutally on November 22, 1963.
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2018 @ 9:48 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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What is Hate Comedy? Basically, it is the only form of comedy that one is subjected to these days - from the hate-mongering late night talk show hosts, to all the rabid liberal faux comedians touting themselves as stand-up comedians.
Published: Monday, November 26th, 2018 @ 3:03 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The term "birthright citizenship" refers to the idea that you can become a citizen of a country simply by being born there.
Published: Friday, November 23rd, 2018 @ 10:59 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The caravan is here and some folks are saying that the migrants are already entering the country illegally. We'll soon find out when we hear the news (the honest news sources, that is).
Published: Tuesday, November 20th, 2018 @ 1:39 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Judge Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed as the 114th associate justice to the Supreme Court on Saturday, October 6. It almost didn't happen. And if everything went the way Democrats planned, it wouldn't have.
Published: Thursday, November 1st, 2018 @ 12:21 am
By: Diane Rufino
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On June 28, almost exactly a month after the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia convened, the 81-year-old Benjamin Franklin rose to address his fellow members.
Published: Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 @ 9:07 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Government programs such as welfare and other social means-tested programs characterize very well the government's general policy towards poverty: Make individuals "comfortable" in their poverty rather than incentivize them to become self-sufficient.
Published: Saturday, October 6th, 2018 @ 9:41 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The United States is a constitutional republic. It is not a democracy, as most people believe.
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 @ 8:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Lately, a lot of emotion has been spent over Confederate monuments in the Tar Heel state.
Published: Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 @ 8:36 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Let's be honest. The toppling of the Confederate monuments, the demonization of the Confederate battle flag, the vilification of the names and memories of our treasured white Founding Fathers (and especially anyone of them who happened to own a slave), and the erasing of our history.
Published: Friday, September 21st, 2018 @ 9:14 am
By: Diane Rufino
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