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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It began, remarkably enough, as the national political convention that would be normal, far out-distancing the abnormality of the Republican national convention, one week earlier, where the luminaries of past presidents and political competitors did not show up to nominate Donald J. Trump.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2016 @ 2:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Standing behind the podium at a campaign stop in North Carolina, Hillary Clinton promised to 'return North Carolina back to the days of Democrat Control, after this recent detour, when North Carolina suffered its first deficit budget - a three billion dollar deficit.
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2016 @ 12:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rocker Bruce Springsteen, a.k.a. "The Boss", will not perform in North Carolina as long as the state enacts legislation (HB 2) to protect children from being forced to use bathrooms and locker rooms with people of the opposite sex.
Published: Sunday, May 1st, 2016 @ 1:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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There is something I find interesting well actually, I find it evil and ignorant and sinister. Yes, sinister. It is something I heard liberals say over the past week or so and it was said on the air on national radio.
Published: Sunday, March 20th, 2016 @ 6:24 pm
By: Rod Eccles
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Over the last few weeks, there has been a firestorm of controversy about guns in the USA. Now let’s just forget about the Second Amendment for now.
Published: Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 @ 4:38 am
By: Rod Eccles
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How do North Carolinians feel about their schools and how their children are educated? The November Civitas Poll provided plenty of good information about those topics.
Published: Tuesday, January 19th, 2016 @ 4:38 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Amateur Obama is in the City of Lights, smoozing with his contemporaries while "rebuking" the terrorist, and planning the way forward where America leads the world in defeating "those who would hijack a great, peaceful religion" by ending 'Climate Change/Global Warming'.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is epidemic, it is academic, and do we take it seriously? Another, more salient question that begs to be asked: How did this pathetic behavior evolve to such a level of incredible ineptitude in such a broad swath of humankind?
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 9:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A Sunday morning thought without benefit of deep analysis by Bobby Tony
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 @ 9:20 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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It is beyond argument that the left long ago decided that abortion on demand was a key part of the liberal catechism. It's become the metric by which they measure all politicians.
Published: Tuesday, August 25th, 2015 @ 1:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Modern Liberals have a modus operandi (M.O. - Latin for method of operation) to attract and keep 'low information' voters - their base electorate - that is easily discernible to the qualified eye, and, remarkably, is extremely successful.
Published: Sunday, May 24th, 2015 @ 4:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Don’t you find it interesting the ways ideologues and politicians respond to news happenings? Interesting, but disappointing. We keep hearing the same old song repeated over and over.
Published: Saturday, May 23rd, 2015 @ 1:13 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Two Muslim terrorists have been killed after storming a Freedom of Speech event in Garland, Texas. The event, held at Curtis Culwell Center, was basically a contest for cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad.
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2015 @ 11:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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America's vacationing, golfing, gala functionary, really cool (to the weak of mind) commander-in-chief continues, through world crisis, as America's first amateur president in modern times.
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 @ 6:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Stan has spurred me to further research over the Conservative / Liberal split. Unbeknownst to me a good old High School buddy supplied me with the ultimate answer!
Published: Saturday, January 24th, 2015 @ 11:41 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Beaufort County Commissioner Candidate Keith Kidwell has thrown caution to the wind, thereby seeking my endorsement for county commissioner.
Published: Monday, November 3rd, 2014 @ 7:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the 80s and 90s, Democrats worked really hard to make voting easier for their lazy, shiftless, poorly-educated target market.
Published: Tuesday, October 28th, 2014 @ 8:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When Republicans won their legislative majorities in 2010 and expanded them in 2012, they ran on a platform of fiscal conservatism and reform.
Published: Thursday, September 4th, 2014 @ 5:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Many have pointed to the lack of ethics in journalism these days. Many times I have bemoaned the fact that ethics has been replaced by bias, leftist agenda pushing, and the active hiding of any story that might be harmful to Democrats, the left, and the government.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 9:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the costly implementation of the perversely named Affordable Care Act continues to baffle, disappoint, and enrage the public, a collection of government vendors and left-wing groups has settled on a brilliant political strategy: castigate North Carolina for failing to do enough to implement the A
Published: Thursday, December 19th, 2013 @ 1:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to liberal critics of Gov. Pat McCrory and the leadership of the General Assembly, the state should be losing its attraction as a place to do business. Our economy should be suffering from inadequate demand, thanks to state budget cuts. The passage of the marriage amendment and abortion...
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 @ 2:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I wish I could comment: 'There are two types of people in this world - Liberals and Conservatives - so let the battle begin for the conscious conscience of today's America!"
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 @ 7:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I believe once again, I have hit squarely the proverbial nail on the head in regards to today's Democrats.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2013 @ 5:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As the 2013 legislative session drew to a close, Gov. Pat McCrory and other Republican leaders said their main policy focus had been to improve North Carolina's lackluster economy. They pointed to several enacted bills, including tax cuts and regulatory reform, to show that they hadn't lost this...
Published: Friday, September 20th, 2013 @ 8:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Does state tax policy affect state economic growth? Fiscal conservatives tend to say yes. Fiscal liberals tend to say no.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 5:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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How many times have you tried to have a serious conversation about current events only to have your listeners say, "I'm not interested in politics"?
Published: Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 @ 1:24 pm
By: Alicia Colon
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There are at least as many different ways to explain the origins of political disagreement as there are political commentators.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 @ 11:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I remember a cartoon character years ago, that said, "We have met the enemy, and he is us." Radical Liberalism is home grown.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 @ 10:59 pm
By: Marvin Sparks
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Four out of ten voters call themselves Liberal. The actual percentage is 21%. However, this small percentage controls fully the Democratic Party.
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 @ 2:54 pm
By: Marvin Sparks
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As we watched the DNC, many of us were shocked by the naked hostility that was directed towards our traditional values-like religion, family traditions, and individual responsibility.
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 @ 11:47 am
By: Marvin Sparks
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It's interesting. Over and over we hear the Dems repeating one of their prime talking points. It goes something like this: "Where is the detail in the Reps proposals??".
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2012 @ 11:07 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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If I stipulate right off the bat that the American health care system is overly expensive, needlessly bureaucratic, and doesn't consistently generate outcomes for patients that justify its costs, will you keep an open mind about why these conditions exist?
Published: Monday, August 6th, 2012 @ 11:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The least talked about race in Beaufort County elections may very well be the most important - the race for 4 seats on the Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners.
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 @ 3:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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