President Trump is the world's worst client. He speaks when he should shut up; he doesn't listen to his lawyers; he takes action that exacerbates legal difficulties.
Published: Tuesday, August 28th, 2018 @ 12:14 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Tax Cuts are leading to a strong economy for years to come
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2018 @ 12:19 am
By: Scott Crosbie
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The fast-moving trains advocating for state-funded pre-K programs in North Carolina and elsewhere lost some steam this week with the release of two reports
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 @ 5:30 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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On Tuesday, West Virginia Senate candidate Don Blankenship - the man who coined the deathless moniker "Cocaine Mitch" for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell - lost handily in his primary race against two more mainstream candidates.
Published: Sunday, May 13th, 2018 @ 9:00 pm
By: Daily Wire
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So, either Rudy Giuliani screwed the pooch, or he saved Michael Cohen and the president. There's not much in-between.
Published: Saturday, May 5th, 2018 @ 2:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, President Trump welcomed the heroic crew and passengers of Southwest Flight 1380 to the White House.
Published: Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 @ 2:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A group of DREAMers, young illegal immigrants fighting to stay in the country following the Trump Administration's refusal to extend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive order, say they'll leave the country if a deal isn't reached . . . err . . . to keep them in the country
Published: Wednesday, February 14th, 2018 @ 8:33 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina has become a national leader in implementing supply-side economics - but that doesn't mean what you think it means
Published: Monday, February 5th, 2018 @ 12:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I think the administration of Gov. Roy Cooper favors the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a 600-mile project connecting natural-gas generation in West Virginia to natural-gas consumers in Virginia and North Carolina
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 2:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier this year Governor Cooper toured Linamar Corporation, a precision machining and assembly company located outside Asheville, North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018 @ 3:44 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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When North Carolina is competing with other states and nations for investment, business startups and expansions, and high-value professionals, we start out with some important advantages
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2017 @ 10:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is always a part II to most of my stories. Most of the time I do not publish them here on BCN because even I know that very few care about Part I, so a Part II is further proof that my own narcissistic tendencies have overcome my better judgement.
Published: Thursday, January 12th, 2017 @ 4:58 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Many experts believe that the United States is facing a student loan crisis. Total student loan debt now exceeds $1.3 billion-more than total credit card debt for the country
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 @ 8:30 am
By: John William Pope Center
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I may have blogged about everything possible to blog about...Or have I?
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 @ 5:43 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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The May 6 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education contains two illuminating and rather unexpected articles
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 3:26 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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If you reach your money spending objective, there will be a big payoff waiting for you.
Published: Monday, March 7th, 2016 @ 5:31 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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You've no doubt heard the spin put on the outcome of the Iowa caucuses, but when you cut through the noise this week's vote was a good indicator of what to expect going forward.
Published: Wednesday, February 17th, 2016 @ 3:07 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Smiling Faces Child Care Center stands like a beacon in rural Martin County, its clean, white siding contrasting with the deep green of the soybean fields around it.
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2016 @ 11:51 am
By: ECU News Services
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Smiling Faces Child Care Center stands like a beacon in rural Martin County, its clean, white siding contrasting with the deep green of the soybean fields around it.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 @ 3:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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Unemployment insurance (UI) reform in North Carolina continues to be the gift that keeps on giving. The 2013 UI reform, made possible by the Republican-dominated General Assembly and Governor Pat McCrory, will enable $240 million in tax savings for state employers in 2016 alone, thanks to a...
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 @ 12:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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On Thursday afternoon, just before the close of their business day, Stan Deatherage filed to retain the Beaufort County Commissioner seat that he has now held for 5 terms.
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 @ 10:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The higher education establishment is growing worried about privatization. Should the rest of us do the same
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2015 @ 10:10 am
By: John William Pope Center
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In 2013, North Carolina's unemployment insurance (UI) program was in terrible shape. Like most states, North Carolina borrowed funds from the federal government to cover increased unemployment benefits during the great recession. The Tar Heel State owed Washington $2.75 billion. As a result, the sta
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2015 @ 4:12 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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We've heard some tough talk. Everyone is beating their chest getting ready for the upcoming elections.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2015 @ 3:35 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The previous newsletter discussed in brief how the renewable energy lobby has, over decades, been promising politicians and voters some things they have yet to achieve. Those promises are that...
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2015 @ 2:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Just over a year ago, New York Times economics writer David Leonhardt looked at some data on the "college wage premium"
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 @ 12:50 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Employers now will have "certainty about the cost of doing business in North Carolina," Gov. Pat McCrory said Tuesday in announcing that the state has paid off a $2.8 billion unemployment insurance debt to the federal government that he inherited upon taking office in January 2013.
Published: Sunday, May 10th, 2015 @ 5:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I'm writing this during a very cold, snowy day in central North Carolina, but will imagine that instead it's one of our summer heat waves. For several days in a row, the temperature has hit 99 degrees, and someone comments, "Well, this certainly ought to shut those global warming skeptics up!"
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 @ 4:17 am
By: John William Pope Center
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About to retire, Oklahoma senator Tom Coburn, M.D., has just released his 107-page 2014 Wastebook, a tabloid-type listing of over a hundred wasteful government-funded projects. Coburn continues the tradition of the late William Proxmire, the Wisconsin senator who, more modestly, chose just...
Published: Monday, December 1st, 2014 @ 11:59 am
By: John William Pope Center
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