This article is dedicated to our great Founding Fathers - men who had the courage, the foresight, and the wisdom to secure the freedom that I exercise and enjoy every single day. - Diane Rufino
Published: Monday, February 22nd, 2021 @ 9:06 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Sure, I’ve begun to stumble as I climb the stairs to the second floor, but I still climb ‘em.
Published: Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 @ 9:42 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Just two bad days in a long year
Published: Sunday, May 24th, 2020 @ 9:00 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Remarks by President Trump Welcoming the 2019 Stanley Cup Champions, St. Louis Blues
Published: Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 @ 11:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We have experienced a decade of economic growth and the big questions many are asking is whether this growth will continue or if there will be a recession in our future?
Published: Saturday, July 20th, 2019 @ 8:29 am
By: Tom Campbell
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On July 2, the Chancellorsville (Virginia) City Council voted to no longer recognize Thomas Jefferson's birthday, April 13, as a celebrated a paid holiday. Chancellorsville is the hometown of our country's most renown Founding Father.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2019 @ 12:33 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Just recently, I heard something absolutely offensive from Amy Kremer, spokeswoman for Women For Trump (and from what I can tell, the only member!)
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2019 @ 7:19 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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This past Monday, February 25, US Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bill - The BORN-ALIVE ABORTION SURVIVORS PROTECTION ACT - that would have threatened prison time for doctors who don't attempt to save the lives of infants born alive during failed abortions.
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 @ 7:14 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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We're here to discuss concrete steps of our nation that we have to take - we have no choice and we don't want a choice - we're going to take to prevent school shootings and keep our children safe.
Published: Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 @ 7:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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"Aquaman" will be in theaters in two weeks. This is very fortunate because it has been almost 30 seconds since the last superhero movie was released. We cannot be expected to wait so long.
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2018 @ 11:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I told Jenny, today, that one day, I am going to think about flowers and things like pretty curtains . . like I used to.
Published: Wednesday, November 21st, 2018 @ 1:08 am
By: Michele Rhem
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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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On Thursday, President Trump leapt directly into the path of an oncoming public disaster, tearing into the official Puerto Rican government estimate of the death toll from Hurricane Maria just before Hurricane Florence was scheduled to make landfall.
Published: Monday, September 17th, 2018 @ 4:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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One year later, National Geographic has finally admitted to facilitating "fake news" regarding climate change.
Published: Wednesday, August 1st, 2018 @ 11:57 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Worrying about wealth inequality is like worrying about the last runner in a marathon race not getting a trophy.
Published: Sunday, March 4th, 2018 @ 8:39 am
By: Bobby Tony
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President Donald J. Trump listens to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, during a dinner with legislative leadership following meetings, Friday, January 5, 2018, at Camp David's Laurel Lodge, near Thurmont, Md.
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 3:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Monday evening, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner died at the ripe old age of 91. He spent his life sleeping with women (he estimated over 1,000 conquests) and pretending to be a deep thinker.
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2017 @ 1:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you got this far and think that Willie is dead, he is still alive. (as of April 30, 2017 6:30 AM) This is an album review and not an obituary.
Published: Sunday, May 7th, 2017 @ 8:58 am
By: Bobby Tony
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I do not know how most people mark the passage of time in their lives. I suspect that like me they do it with memories, birthdays and anniversaries. Nevertheless, there are some reminders for us pack racks that crop up from time to time.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017 @ 12:27 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Rewriting History Again
Published: Sunday, November 20th, 2016 @ 11:36 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Today did not start out like any other day at the rabbit patch. My internal alarm is usually quite reliable, still I set an alarm just in case. Neither did their job this morning.
Published: Wednesday, September 21st, 2016 @ 12:28 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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In this highly charged political year, it's important to keep in mind that most North Carolinians, like most Americans, have been dissatisfied most of the time during the administrations of both Democratic President Barack Obama and his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush
Published: Thursday, July 28th, 2016 @ 1:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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His birth name was not how most people knew him. He cast off the shackles of his heritage and forged a new future under the name Muhammad Ali. In doing so, he became the most recognizable person on earth. He was often vain, sometimes outrageous, but always with a mischievous smile.
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2016 @ 4:25 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Driving without a license at my age is apparently another benefit of medicare. My doctor told me so.
Published: Tuesday, May 17th, 2016 @ 12:10 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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He was not one of my old drinking buddies, but I shared a few drinks with him over the years.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 2:50 am
By: Bobby Tony
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The icon picture is Larry Patrick and Playboy Playmate Candy Loving who was representing Budweiser Beer.
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 @ 11:15 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Diane Rufino proposes a solution to the Social Security problem, by asking Congress to legislatively define SS as a property right
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 @ 1:34 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The price of great love is real grief. I had a full blown experience in 1992 when my beloved father died from liver cancer.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 8:59 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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The economy was not what it used to be. I had done well with insurance. I represented Ministers Life Insurance Company and traveled the eastern end of NC.
Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2015 @ 5:07 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Life in a 55 and up community
Published: Sunday, May 3rd, 2015 @ 8:57 am
By: Bobby Tony
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A central part of the American Dream is owning your own home. We have plenty of trees so cheap wood can make affordable houses available.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2015 @ 2:07 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Gov. Pat McCrory's proposal to establish a new state government department for information technology makes sense. But lawmakers should revisit a similar proposal for a department targeting veterans affairs. Those are two key findings from a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2015 @ 4:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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