Thanksgiving as a holiday just makes profound sense. It is one of the Unites States's oldest holidays and is emblematic of who Americans are ... or maybe were.
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2023 @ 8:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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From his statement to the American people on the eve of 9/11, 2014, Amateur Obama convincingly conveyed that he trusts public opinion polls, rather than his own instincts to lead Americans in these last uncertain days of his failed presidency.
Published: Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 @ 11:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Those of you who live outside The Fayetteville Observer's circulation area, you probably haven't become acquainted with Myron Pitts. For those of you in the Triangle - think of Myron as a poor man's version of Barry Saunders.
Published: Saturday, October 12th, 2013 @ 3:18 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Indeed, even in our state of North Carolina, where the first solidly Republican government in over 100 years won monumental victories, such as the end of tenure in K-12 education and major changes to the tax code, there was almost no reform for higher education.
Published: Thursday, October 10th, 2013 @ 6:26 am
By: John William Pope Center
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As much as I would to claim this high level of creativity in expressing succinctly the social malaise that exists within the Occupy Movement, I cannot.
Published: Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 @ 11:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's pretty typical for the media to wait until the weeks before a big election before doing profiles on the candidates.
Published: Saturday, October 20th, 2012 @ 3:34 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Isn't it curious that the media (with the exception of ABC and FoxNews) refuses to cover a hate crime shooting of a victim at a conservative pro-life organization in Washington, DC if the perpetrator is a leftwing zealot?
Published: Sunday, September 2nd, 2012 @ 9:06 am
By: Alicia Colon
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Republican Secretary of State candidate Ed Goodwin accused incumbent Democrat Elaine Marshall of backing what he labeled a subversive organization with revolutionary goals during a candidate forum Thursday night.
Published: Sunday, August 26th, 2012 @ 6:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In marking their recent anniversary, the folks at The Ol' Reliable kept talking about how they long ago shirked their role as chief shill and water-carrier for the NC Democrat Party.
Published: Sunday, August 26th, 2012 @ 1:30 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Nearly 70 years have passed since economist F.A. Hayek warned the Western world in his book The Road to Serfdom about the dangers of moving toward bigger, more intrusive government.
Published: Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 @ 1:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the political water, here comes the Occupy shark, back on the prowl with its ravenous ... Oh, phooey. I can't make the joke work. There has never been anything remotely scary about the Occupy movement.
Published: Friday, April 6th, 2012 @ 9:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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You'd think they want to snatch your firstborn. I'm talking about the ugly portrait that's been painted of risktakers, innovators, and venture capitalists by politicians, pundits, and the Occupy movement.
Published: Saturday, March 10th, 2012 @ 10:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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These two videos, sent to me by contributor George Schryer, express what I've noticed for some time, the seeds of which were sown almost three decades ago.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2012 @ 10:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Although those involved may wish us to forget, there were actually two attempts over the past year to make a certain statistic, one percent, into a political cause here in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 @ 4:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, the Democratic Party suffered a string of losses that has left them in disarray.
Published: Sunday, February 5th, 2012 @ 6:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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What has become both a most celebrated, and scorned political movement is now at the level of full accountability to the public.
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2011 @ 8:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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