Mrs. Dora Madeline "Matt" Lewis Chandler, age 95, a former resident of Pinetown, died Thursday, April 27, 2017 at River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation in Washington
Published: Thursday, April 27th, 2017 @ 5:13 pm
By: Announcements
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Who can forget Hillary Clinton's accusation that Trump won't release his tax returns because he isn't paying taxes? Turns out, the accusation was unfounded and ended up biting liberals and Democrats in the ass.
Published: Thursday, April 27th, 2017 @ 11:35 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Ms. Maria Madden Moore, age 75, a resident of Ball Road, Washington, died Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 @ 6:11 pm
By: Announcements
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Can it be? When I read the article announcing the demise of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, all kinds of memories came to mind.
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2017 @ 11:40 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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The Purpose of Obstruction in Today's Republic
Published: Thursday, February 2nd, 2017 @ 9:17 am
By: Austin Goss
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While Trump's foreign policy prescriptions on the campaign trail were often incoherent, his instincts throughout the transition process have been excellent
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 1:30 am
By: Ryan Case
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I hardly ever listen to talk radio anymore because I do not spend that much time in the auto as I did when I was working for living. Nevertheless, yesterday I had to spend about an hour in the car and the only thing on the radios, AM or FM worth listening to (???) was Rush Limbaugh.
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 @ 10:32 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Let us settle for all time the question whether there is bias in the media.
Published: Sunday, August 21st, 2016 @ 10:24 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Four classically liberal professors and an economist named Adam Smith walk into a room.
Published: Monday, August 15th, 2016 @ 3:04 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The States, acting voluntarily and in convention, entered into the Union by adopting a social compact, the US Constitution. The features of a compact provide great protection for American liberty.
Published: Friday, July 22nd, 2016 @ 12:05 am
By: Diane Rufino
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One of my best friend's believes that Ali was a draft dodger and coward. We had a quite animated discussion about it.
Published: Sunday, June 12th, 2016 @ 10:28 am
By: Bobby Tony
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His birth name was not how most people knew him. He cast off the shackles of his heritage and forged a new future under the name Muhammad Ali. In doing so, he became the most recognizable person on earth. He was often vain, sometimes outrageous, but always with a mischievous smile.
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2016 @ 4:25 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Ms. Shirley Maddox, age 81, a resident of Northgate Drive, Washington, NC, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2016
Published: Monday, April 4th, 2016 @ 1:36 pm
By: Announcements
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Our Founding Fathers remind us that that the Constitution was subordinate to the Principles and Rights enshrined in our Declaration of Independence. The Individual trumps government.
Published: Monday, February 22nd, 2016 @ 3:47 am
By: Diane Rufino
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We lost a great man this weekend. He was one of the few souls left in our nation's capital who still believed our Constitution is worth respecting and paying attention to.
Published: Sunday, February 21st, 2016 @ 4:35 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor McCrory's pronouncement that the proposed CSX rail hub in Selma is effectively dead is both good news and bad.
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2016 @ 11:49 am
By: Tom Campbell
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;A Pecan pie is better if you picked the pecans, shelled them and made the ice cream yourself
Published: Saturday, January 16th, 2016 @ 3:19 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Mary E. Madden a resident of Washington, NC, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2016.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 2:32 pm
By: Announcements
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East Carolina University School of Art metal design professor Mi-Sook Hur showed 60 of her new artworks at LOOT: MAD About Jewelry at the Museum of Arts and Design, NYC, from Monday September 28 until Saturday, October 3. More than 50 emerging and acclaimed artists from 21 countries were invited to
Published: Sunday, October 11th, 2015 @ 6:05 am
By: ECU News Services
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If you've ever watched any late-night TV, you've seen the ads for the Ashley Madison web site. It facilitates adultery. It's kind of a Match.com or JDate for married people.
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 5:26 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Nothing is more fun for an aging tinkerer than to have something break down in his house.
Published: Sunday, August 9th, 2015 @ 3:32 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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For the second time in a little over three years, Tim Moore’s ethical choices have made him an easy target for Blinkin’ Chris’s comedy website.
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 @ 1:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The Al Pop story, homemade beer and the future cop.
Published: Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 @ 5:04 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Results from the 2014 U.S. History, Geography, and Civics at Grade 8 tests were released this week.
Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2015 @ 2:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. James Talmadge "Jimmy" Burbage, Sr., age 77, a resident of 665 Burbage Road, Bath, NC died Monday April 20, 2015 at the N.C. State Veterans Home of Kinston.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 @ 8:07 pm
By: Announcements
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Mr. James Talmadge "Jimmy" Burbage, age 77, a resident of 665 Burbage Road, Bath, NC died Monday April 20, 2015 at the NC State Veterans Home of Kinston.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 @ 4:27 pm
By: Announcements
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From time to time, the Pope Center brings speakers to colleges in North Carolina to share ideas that are neglected on campus. Surprisingly, those ideas include aspects of entrepreneurship.
Published: Thursday, October 16th, 2014 @ 5:36 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Fiscal conservatives tend to look askance at large issuances of public debt. In this sentiment, they are in good company. "I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse," wrote James Madison, "and in a Republican Government a greater curse than any other." His mentor and friend...
Published: Friday, September 26th, 2014 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Many American colleges and universities are in the thrall of “diversity,” but none more so than my institution, the University of Wisconsin.
Published: Saturday, July 19th, 2014 @ 11:22 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Although Raleigh did not lead these expeditions to the New World, he funded and authorized them.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 11:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We are under a "Vector" which is a guidance line keeping aircraft going the same direction rather than crossing directions creating collisions.
Published: Sunday, May 18th, 2014 @ 8:32 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Boots, gloves and toboggans replaced shorts and T-shirts for a group of East Carolina University students over spring break. Through a brisk wind and light rain on March 12, students picked up trash, tires and drift lumber in a Newport River marsh along U.S. 70 in Beaufort. The students signed up...
Published: Friday, March 28th, 2014 @ 11:56 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Although born in Scotland in 1733, Samuel Johnston lived in North Carolina from infancy. Historians have described the native Scot as a "prominent voice for the Patriot cause" who possessed "Revolutionary zeal." Even so, many North Carolinians today are unaware of his illustrious political and legal
Published: Saturday, February 1st, 2014 @ 1:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A chance meeting with a Madison County farmer who lost much of his crops to flood waters earlier this year is one of the topics Governor Pat McCrory covers in his end of the year video message to the people of North Carolina.
Published: Friday, December 20th, 2013 @ 8:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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