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The great American ethic is that money will buy anything. It is particularly true in the political world. We try to buy everything from international friendship to better schools to votes to taxpayer support for some behavior that politicians believe we should embrace.
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 11:47 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Big things were anticipated for higher education reform in 2013 - but the sizzle turned to fizzle in many cases. Landmark court decisions got pushed off for another year, bubbles didn't quite burst, MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) did not take over vast swaths of the higher education...
Published: Saturday, December 28th, 2013 @ 1:24 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Skyrocketing tuitions. Degree inflation. Politicized curriculums. Lowered job expectations upon graduation. Higher education in America is tangled with problems to such a degree that many have started to ask the question: is getting a traditional college education still worth it? So far, most...
Published: Friday, September 27th, 2013 @ 1:45 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Internet commerce is the ultimate creative destroyer: the Web's immediacy, flexibility, and ability to eliminate the fixed costs of "brick-and-mortar" outlets has humbled a multitude of traditional commercial enterprises. It draws modern entrepreneurs the way new finds of gold drew adventurers in...
Published: Friday, September 13th, 2013 @ 5:35 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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It's interesting. The Reps reportedly have decided that it might be a good idea to separate the Food Stamp Program from the Farm Subsidies contained in the so called Farm Bill.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 3:06 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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A federal program created under the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program, aka TARP, has allowed more than 11,000 North Carolina homeowners who fell...
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2013 @ 10:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Presidential Endorsements from Retired Officers (Army/Navy)
Published: Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 @ 11:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The United States of America is forever changed as the Democrat / Socialist Majority passed ObamaCare 219 to 212.
Published: Monday, March 22nd, 2010 @ 12:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Health Care Reform Bill has become the latest slush fund for Democrats to keep their election chances optimum. Will the North Carolina Democrats catch a ride on that gravy train at our expense?
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2010 @ 8:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senator-elect Scott Brown, with the help of his ardent supporters, has accompished the near impossible by winning the senate seat held by the nation's most celebrated liberal in modern times.
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 @ 2:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County seeks justice in regards to eqitable governing in respect to the legislation associated with the Health Care Reform Bill.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 @ 2:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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