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Late Tuesday night, the Republican Senate passed historic tax reform - a massive package of corporate tax cuts and well-sized individual tax cuts, combined with the repeal of the individual mandate and opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration
Late Tuesday night, the Republican Senate passed historic tax reform - a massive package of corporate tax cuts and well-sized individual tax cuts, combined with the repeal of the individual mandate and opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration
 
Mike hated Christmas. Not the true meaning of the season but the frantic rushing around spending money just to be able to say you got the person a gift he or she wouldn't use and would most likely end up at the thrift store. Mike's wife wanted him to enjoy the season, but to no avail
Mike hated Christmas. Not the true meaning of the season but the frantic rushing around spending money just to be able to say you got the person a gift he or she wouldn't use and would most likely end up at the thrift store. Mike's wife wanted him to enjoy the season, but to no avail
 
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
 
An investigative reporter with The Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) announced on Friday that Congress' human resources scandal is about to break wide-open and predicted that over a dozen members of the House of Representatives will resign
An investigative reporter with The Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) announced on Friday that Congress' human resources scandal is about to break wide-open and predicted that over a dozen members of the House of Representatives will resign
 
Two weeks ago, when it appeared that Alabama Senate Republican candidate Roy Moore could cruise to victory despite credible allegations of molestation of a 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old girl, Democrats went all-in on their #MeToo strategy: they decided to dump Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) on the side
Two weeks ago, when it appeared that Alabama Senate Republican candidate Roy Moore could cruise to victory despite credible allegations of molestation of a 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old girl, Democrats went all-in on their #MeToo strategy: they decided to dump Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) on the side
 
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
 
On Wednesday, news broke in Kentucky that Republican State Rep. Dan Johnson, who authorities were investigating over allegations of sexual misconduct, committed suicide
On Wednesday, news broke in Kentucky that Republican State Rep. Dan Johnson, who authorities were investigating over allegations of sexual misconduct, committed suicide
 
Public safety is the first and foremost responsibility of government
 
The American Character is reflected in Those we Elect or Don't Elect
The American Character is reflected in Those we Elect or Don't Elect
 
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.
 
Should President Trump kill or impede the Mueller investigation?
 
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.
 
As an alumnus of the University of Texas Law School and the father of a recent UT graduate, I pay close attention to what is going on at my alma mater
As an alumnus of the University of Texas Law School and the father of a recent UT graduate, I pay close attention to what is going on at my alma mater
 
In an event that marked the end of Western civilization and the simultaneous destruction of capacity for human happiness, the FCC voted 3-2 to end net neutrality on Thursday
In an event that marked the end of Western civilization and the simultaneous destruction of capacity for human happiness, the FCC voted 3-2 to end net neutrality on Thursday
 
On Wednesday, CNN published text messages between the former second-in-command in FBI counterintelligence, Peter Strzok, and his mistress and co-worker Lisa Page
On Wednesday, CNN published text messages between the former second-in-command in FBI counterintelligence, Peter Strzok, and his mistress and co-worker Lisa Page
 
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
 
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
 
In 1886, Sir Edward Clarke delivered a speech in the U.K. House of Commons and in polite way of insulting someone, he said: "The mind was indeed so open that it had nothing in it at all."
In 1886, Sir Edward Clarke delivered a speech in the U.K. House of Commons and in polite way of insulting someone, he said: "The mind was indeed so open that it had nothing in it at all."
 
For most of the 241 years since North Carolina adopted its first Constitution there have been arguments about the proper balance and separations of power between the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government
For most of the 241 years since North Carolina adopted its first Constitution there have been arguments about the proper balance and separations of power between the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government
 
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
 
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors could weigh in as early as this week on a state law requiring college campuses to protect free speech
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors could weigh in as early as this week on a state law requiring college campuses to protect free speech
 
Half of me is reluctant to write something harshly critical about higher education in the United States because I'm such a true-blue believer in, beneficiary of, and insider to the system
Half of me is reluctant to write something harshly critical about higher education in the United States because I'm such a true-blue believer in, beneficiary of, and insider to the system
 
While I don't consider myself an expert on North Carolina's laws governing alcohol, I do think I'm pretty well informed
While I don't consider myself an expert on North Carolina's laws governing alcohol, I do think I'm pretty well informed
 
The recent killings of four workers at an eastern N.C. prison have prompted the legislature's top two officers to call for the return of capital punishment in North Carolina
The recent killings of four workers at an eastern N.C. prison have prompted the legislature's top two officers to call for the return of capital punishment in North Carolina
 
A far-left activist group funded by George Soros is readying the women who accused President Donald Trump of sexual misconduct to demand a congressional investigation.
A far-left activist group funded by George Soros is readying the women who accused President Donald Trump of sexual misconduct to demand a congressional investigation.
 
State agencies reported a record 250 data breaches, identity information thefts, and unauthorized disclosures of personal records in their custody in 2017
State agencies reported a record 250 data breaches, identity information thefts, and unauthorized disclosures of personal records in their custody in 2017
 
The Tax Foundation has just released its 2018 State Business Tax Climate Index, and North Carolina holds on to the number 11 position.
The Tax Foundation has just released its 2018 State Business Tax Climate Index, and North Carolina holds on to the number 11 position.
 
Wise decision making depends on knowledge of the full range of options and information, not with rhetoric designed to push a specific agenda.
Wise decision making depends on knowledge of the full range of options and information, not with rhetoric designed to push a specific agenda.
 
On Friday, Beverly Young Nelson, the woman who accused Alabama Senate Republican candidate Roy Moore of molesting her when she was 16-years-old and who brought out a signed copy of her yearbook from Moore to prove her connection to him, admitted that she had written the alleged time and location of
On Friday, Beverly Young Nelson, the woman who accused Alabama Senate Republican candidate Roy Moore of molesting her when she was 16-years-old and who brought out a signed copy of her yearbook from Moore to prove her connection to him, admitted that she had written the alleged time and location of
 
The University of North Carolina Law School's Center for Civil Rights is cutting ties with the university system
The University of North Carolina Law School's Center for Civil Rights is cutting ties with the university system
 
Parents, educators, and the general public now have easier access to North Carolina school report cards
Parents, educators, and the general public now have easier access to North Carolina school report cards
 
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