I'm a Billy Joel fan, and I saw him long ago with Elton John at the Omni in Atlanta. I got reacquainted with his music when I listened to the Billy Joel station on SiriusXM on a January trip to the mountains-both up and back.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2019 @ 4:48 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Who would have thought a call to act like a gentleman would generate controversy? Context is important.
Published: Friday, January 25th, 2019 @ 1:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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December 15 marks a very special day in our founding history - On that date in 1791, the first 14 states (Vermont had just been admitted to the Union as the 14th state), ratified the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, known collectively as our Bill of Rights.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 3:53 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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On June 28, almost exactly a month after the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia convened, the 81-year-old Benjamin Franklin rose to address his fellow members.
Published: Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 @ 9:07 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The federal courts have become political, rather apolitical, which is what they were intended to be.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2018 @ 5:07 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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On September 17, 1787, the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia concluded. 39 of the 55 delegates to the Convention signed the final product, including its primary author, James Madison, and its eldest member, Benjamin Franklin.
Published: Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 @ 10:49 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Today's politicians are quite different from our Founding Fathers, aren't they? Our Founding Fathers weren't politicians.
Published: Friday, September 7th, 2018 @ 5:07 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I know that most people have never heard of the term
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2018 @ 7:02 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Advanced Superabrasives, Inc., a manufacturer of premium high performance grinding wheels and equipment, will expand operations at its existing facility in Mars Hill, creating 47 full-time jobs over four years, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 @ 10:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Patrick Henry to the Virginia Convention to Ratify the US Constitution, in June 1788: "The great object is that every man be armed."
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2017 @ 7:04 am
By: Diane Rufino
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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During the formation of the United States, male politicians, writers, and philosophers were at the forefront in establishing the government for the new country after the Revolutionary War.
Published: Sunday, November 10th, 2013 @ 6:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One recent Tuesday was Constitution Day - September 17. It marks the day that the Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 concluded and the final draft of Constitution was signed by the delegates who attended.
Published: Saturday, October 12th, 2013 @ 9:28 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Self-governing individuals are necessary to have a self-governing society. That is, only a moral and disciplined people are capable of being governed by a limited government.
Published: Sunday, April 14th, 2013 @ 10:37 am
By: Diane Rufino
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James Madison is often referred to as the "Father of the Constitution." But Madison's ties to the U.S. Constitution go beyond the role he played at its birth. Jeff Broadwater, professor of history at Barton College, highlights...
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 @ 11:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On January 9, I spoke at the "Honor the Oath" Rally in Raleigh, NC, organized by the Carolina Liberty PAC and a former NC state legislator. That was the day that members of the NC General Assembly took their oath of office.
Published: Sunday, January 13th, 2013 @ 11:58 am
By: Diane Rufino
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December 15 was Bill of Rights Day. It marks the 221st anniversary of the day when the first ten amendments - our Bill of Rights - were ratified in 1791.
Published: Monday, December 31st, 2012 @ 10:47 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The US republic is unique. Government can pass no law or take no action unless the authority for such law or action is specifically granted in the Constitution.
Published: Sunday, October 14th, 2012 @ 12:51 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The NC Institute for Constitutional Law (NCICL) recently published an article about nullification, asserting that it not a legitimate constitutional remedy.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 @ 4:41 am
By: Diane Rufino
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