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Some message-minded movies remain essential Halloween fare.
Published: Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 @ 9:12 am
By: Daily Wire
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Hog farming is an integral part of the agricultural industry in North Carolina, contributing $10 billion in economic output a year
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 10:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The ongoing battle for the office of Speaker of the House crossed another historical milestone today as Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy came up short once again in the 11th round.
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 @ 12:27 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Third-grade teacher Ms. Gaywood (she/her) became frustrated during the first day back from the holiday break when she discovered half her students had detransitioned and were no longer identifying as made-up genders.
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 11:01 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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After Dems Get Pounded, New York Times Attacks GOP For Focusing On Parental Rights In Public SchoolsOn Wednesday, The New York Times, in another desperate attempt to slam conservative voters and conservative media, argued that the GOP’s strong showing on Tuesday night came from its efforts to “galvanize crucial groups of voters around what the party calls ‘parental rights’ issues in public schools
Published: Monday, December 27th, 2021 @ 12:24 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Given the result of the 2016 presidential election, it’s not surprising Democrats are talking a lot about the Electoral College as the 2020 campaign gets under way.
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2019 @ 7:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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William Ellison Jr., born April Ellison, (c. April 1790 - December 5, 1861) was a cotton gin maker and blacksmith in South Carolina, a free Negro and former slave who achieved considerable success in business before the American Civil War.
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2017 @ 12:48 pm
By: Ted McDonald
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Savannah, and all of Georgia, was born from the imagination of a group of philanthropic trustees, led by British General James Oglethorpe, to provide a fresh start for debtors and the Irish.
Published: Saturday, December 31st, 2016 @ 10:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A reporter for the Western Carolinian of Salisbury in 1825 wrote, "The mining interest of the state is now only second to the farming interest."
Published: Saturday, October 1st, 2016 @ 5:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The United States has grown far too large to still be considered a "republican form of government" as guaranteed under Article IV. The question is this: How do we get this form of self-government back?
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2016 @ 11:05 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Diane Rufino writes an open letter to Governor Pat McCrory to thank him for his support and defense of HB2 ("Public Facilities Privacy & Safety Act")
Published: Sunday, April 24th, 2016 @ 8:00 am
By: Diane Rufino
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When it comes to race and gender, our major colleges and universities can usually be expected to come to the wrong conclusions and make unwise, often outrageous decisions
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2016 @ 6:00 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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This is the seventeenth of a less new series of images from across North Carolina from my travels, and from the long intervals that I have spent with my camera making a record of where I have been.
Published: Sunday, January 24th, 2016 @ 3:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 150th anniversary of the American Civil War has generated quite a bit of scholarship about a key event in the nation’s history.
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2015 @ 1:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Homes are many things to many people: the repository of memories good and bad; the shelter that sustains us, shields us when we are laid bare; it is indeed a component at the core of our very being. The stories told within these many walls are numerous, frivolous, poignant and incredible.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2015 @ 12:54 am
By: Liz Partrick
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As it grows colder, and as we step gingerly into winter, I recall one of the hottest days of the summer, when I explored the counties of Pender, New Hanover, and Brunswick.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 @ 7:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The historic City of Staunton, Virginia is as alive today as it was back in the Nineteenth Century as a Shenandoah Valley agricultural center and railway juncture.
Published: Monday, December 15th, 2014 @ 10:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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According to Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, President Obama's plan to excuse the illegal action of millions of immigrants not unlike Abraham Lincoln's effort to free slaves.
Published: Thursday, December 4th, 2014 @ 3:52 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Charleston was arguably one of the most influential cities in the history of the Colonial United States of America. It was also the cultural and the colonial capital of the State of South Carolina.
Published: Sunday, October 12th, 2014 @ 1:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Republicanism is a term for beliefs that have defined the American political experiment. In particular, republicanism stems from a form a government where the people are sovereign. In such a government, virtuous and autonomous citizens must exercise self-control for the common good.
Published: Sunday, October 20th, 2013 @ 11:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Commercial restrictions through tariffs have been an integral part of American history. The federal government has used forms of commercial restriction as a source of revenue and to protect American industry and labor.
Published: Monday, August 19th, 2013 @ 12:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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William Sydney Porter, or more famously known by his pen name O. Henry, was a popular short story writer during the early twentieth century.
Published: Saturday, August 10th, 2013 @ 10:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you want a better understanding of why politicians do what they do, you have to look underneath the surface. You can't just accept what...
Published: Sunday, June 30th, 2013 @ 6:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jonathan Worth served as general superintendent of the Fayetteville and Western Plank road beginning in 1856.
Published: Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 @ 9:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Created by the State of North Carolina in 1792 as a planned capital city, the area encompassing present-day Raleigh, North Carolina had a handful of sparse colonial settlements as early as the 1760s.
Published: Sunday, February 10th, 2013 @ 2:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On June 28, 2010, the Supreme Court decided one of the most important Second Amendment cases in U.S. history. McDonald v. City of Chicago.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 8:12 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Many modern-day Americans consider dueling to be a senseless act of violence, but for many Southerners and North Carolinian gentlemen, the act was many times a defense of honor.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 12:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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History teaches us that the Ku Klux Klan was a violent organization aimed at terrorizing and intimidating former slaves. They operated as a secret society - a bunch of cowards with white gowns and masks, often carrying guns and a noose.
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2012 @ 1:01 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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"The mining interest of the state is now only second to the farming interest." So wrote a reporter from the Western Carolinian of Salisbury in 1825. There was enough demand by 1830 for a Charlotte-based Miners' and Farmers' Journal to begin publication.
Published: Saturday, April 7th, 2012 @ 10:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"If you would understand anything," wrote Aristotle, "observe its beginning and its development." Without a solid grounding in the history of our state, North Carolinians cannot hope to chart the right course for the future.
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2012 @ 10:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On a recent trip to Myrtle Beach, we took a side trip through Brunswick County along its northern coast to Oak Island.
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 @ 3:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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