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Walter de Vries passed away in Wrightsville Beach on November 27, shortly after his 90th birthday.
Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2019 @ 1:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When the courts rule against laws our legislature has passed, which they often do, it never seems to enter lawmakers' minds that those rulings are because of their own wrongheaded notions
Published: Sunday, August 19th, 2018 @ 3:16 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Does the money you earn from your labor belong to you? This question is important and draws a distinction between economic conservatives and progressives
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2018 @ 4:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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That’s what I’d tell NC Policy Watch crybabies who continue to assert the policies of Republican legislators don’t support public education
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2017 @ 12:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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For those of you who don't know -- NC Spin is a little show broadcast each week, aired in the wee hours of the morning on obscure stations, and hosted by Tom
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In a 4-3 decision, the NC Supreme Court ruled that the Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provides vouchers to low-income families, is constitutional. Obviously I am pleased with the outcome, but I am even happier about the timing. The expected release date for the next batch of Supreme Court...
Published: Friday, September 11th, 2015 @ 3:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, a working group from the UNC system's Board of Governors drew national attention and student and faculty protest after it announced plans to discontinue three of the system's 237 centers and increase oversight of thirteen others.
Published: Thursday, February 26th, 2015 @ 11:09 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Legislators will have two options this year to pursue election redistricting reform for North Carolina. Supporters of both options unveiled their plans during a Tuesday news conference in Raleigh.
Published: Wednesday, February 4th, 2015 @ 12:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the honorables - and, in some cases, we are using that term veeeeeeeerrrrrry loosely - are back in town ready to run your life and spend your money.
Published: Thursday, January 15th, 2015 @ 12:41 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Blinkin' Chris Fitzsimon and his partner-in-crime Scowlin' Rob Schofield recently lead a chorus of drive-bys in needling State senate president Phil Berger about alleged public school money woes in his home county of Rockingham.
Published: Friday, January 2nd, 2015 @ 8:06 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I am still shaking my head in disbelief at Judge Hobgood's ruling judge that school vouchers are "unconstitutional."
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 11:06 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Chris Fitzsimon, Bill Barber and the gang want us to believe that the GOP majority in Raleigh has cut state government to the bone.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 6:19 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I've been watching politics in this state for quite some time and I CANNOT recall any prior administration in Raleigh having its appointees subjected to such invasive public scrutiny.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2013 @ 3:38 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Make no mistake - we are NOT exactly "fans" of the welfare state here. In our opinion, the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) could collapse into a giant sinkhole - never to be seen again - and the world would be a better place.
Published: Sunday, September 15th, 2013 @ 8:23 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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What's the old saying about the heat in the kitchen? The mainstream media enjoys tossing out criticism of other people and their work.
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 @ 1:14 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The Supreme Propagandist at The N&O, John Drescher, says Gov. Pat called him and his colleagues DUMB this week. Really? Let's look at what McCrory said:
Published: Sunday, September 1st, 2013 @ 5:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It pains me to even come close to being on the same side of an issue with Chris Fitzsimon and the gang.
Published: Saturday, August 17th, 2013 @ 8:12 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Drink plenty of Pepto-Bismol before turning on the local TV news Tuesday morning.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013 @ 11:45 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It's amazing. Bill Barber, Chris Fitzsimon, and their echo chambers at McClatchy and WRAL have been trying to sell us that a hard-right revolution is sweeping through Raleigh - making school kids dumber, taking food out of senior citizens' mouths.
Published: Monday, July 1st, 2013 @ 12:03 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Rob "Mr. Politics" Christensen says North Carolina politics has gone from "polarized to paranoid."
Published: Monday, June 24th, 2013 @ 9:06 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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McClatchy, WRAL and the rest of the legacy media are trying to tell us that this "Moral Monday" stuff is a homegrown, spontaneous grassroots movement.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 @ 10:19 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Attention Tea Partiers: McClatchy's crayon corps says the aging former hippies, now suckling at the government teat from their tenured university positions, screaming and hollering - and getting arrested - at the legislative building are JUST LIKE YOU.
Published: Sunday, May 12th, 2013 @ 12:01 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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'I expect this kind of stuff from Rob "Rielle Who?" Christensen and John "Gunga Din" Frank at McClatchy-Raleigh.
Published: Saturday, April 6th, 2013 @ 12:15 am
By: Brant Clifton
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While the media is reporting on an important political story, WRAL is leaving out key information about its deep connections to the group at the center of the story.
Published: Thursday, February 28th, 2013 @ 4:15 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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When reporting on Blueprint NC's leaked documents, WRAL was all over the story, with one exception: It somehow failed to mention in any of its stories that the owners of the station are deeply entangled with the left-wing group and some of its allies.
Published: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 @ 10:55 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Gov. Pat McCrory's budget director distanced the Republican chief executive from a proposal to eliminate income taxes in North Carolina and expressed his own "great concerns" with the concept being floated by leading GOP lawmakers.
Published: Friday, January 25th, 2013 @ 3:22 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Chris Fitzsimon and the rest of the portside gang are beside themselves -- thinking that the free market terror is going to sweep across the four corners of the beltline and seep into the state's hinterlands.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 @ 5:41 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It's become pretty clear that the massive left-wing conspiracy is focusing MOST of its energy on DENR secretary-designate John Skvarla and budget director-designate Art Pope.
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2012 @ 11:27 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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SNL mocked her accent. She talks “funny”, so she must be an idiot — Just like George W. Bush. You know, THAT guy from Texas with the degrees from Harvard and Yale. Bill Clinton talks “funny” too, but he’s OK because (1) he agrees with us and (2) he’s married to our hero Butch Rodham.
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2012 @ 11:01 am
By: Brant Clifton
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It's quite a rarity to find myself agreeing with Chris Fitzsimon. But I'm in one of those moments. (What's next? Cats and dogs living together?)
Published: Saturday, December 1st, 2012 @ 7:02 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Well, the election is over. It looks like the NCGOP staff has gone on vacation, since the web site does not appear to have been updated since October 25.
Published: Thursday, November 15th, 2012 @ 7:47 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I don't think there is anybody -- outside of Walter Dalton's immediate family -- who hasn't conceded that we will be spending the next four years talking about GOVERNOR McCrory.
Published: Sunday, November 4th, 2012 @ 3:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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An organization founded by ex-Sen. John Edwards was meant to fight poverty, but many clues suggest it instead focuses more on fighting partisan battles- and to avoid scrutiny by North Carolina taxpayers.
Published: Tuesday, July 10th, 2012 @ 12:17 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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