Over the past few weeks, the stories of how visibly Orthodox Jews have been getting physically assaulted with regularity on the streets of New York have finally broken through
Published: Friday, January 24th, 2020 @ 5:25 am
By: Daily Wire
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That’s the takeaway from a new survey of nearly 1,700 teens and tweens, conducted by Common Sense Media.
Published: Friday, December 6th, 2019 @ 12:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers Looking to Ease Adoption Rules for Children Whose Parents Are Dealing With Substance AbuseSome N.C. lawmakers are thinking about ways to deal with foster children whose birth parents are struggling with substance abuse.
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2019 @ 1:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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East Carolina University senior Irma Lappin does more each day than the typical college student.
Published: Wednesday, August 28th, 2019 @ 7:04 am
By: ECU News Services
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It is easier to raise strong children than to repair broken men and women. And it's a whole lot less expensive on society and on our pocketbooks as well.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 @ 11:13 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Marty Sampson, a songwriter for the popular Evangelical Christian band Hillsong United, has announced he is "genuinely losing" his faith.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2019 @ 12:01 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina families with young children can now take advantage of free online parenting support programs.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 3:36 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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This fall a “We Are Teachers” blog post, lamenting an upsurge in over-involved parents, went viral, eliciting coverage from myriad media outlets and the national teachers’ union.
Published: Saturday, April 6th, 2019 @ 8:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Last week I quoted glowing endorsements of Supreme Court nominee Judge Kavanaugh by seven legal experts from across the ideological spectrum
Published: Friday, September 7th, 2018 @ 4:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Teens are tethered to technology like never before. Almost all have smartphones; many are online constantly
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 12:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For many years, I have had a percolating theory hiding just below the surface of my mind.
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 10:05 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Republican incumbent Andy Wells was unopposed in his two previous Senate District 42 primaries, and was uncontested in the 2016 general election. But three challengers are seeking the seat in the May 8 GOP primary
Published: Sunday, May 6th, 2018 @ 11:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Hurt people hurt people." That's how one middle school principal summed up the origins of bullying for me.
Published: Saturday, April 28th, 2018 @ 10:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, the assembly in the state of California could vote on a bill that would legitimately ban books, shut down churches, and close psychiatric offices all over the state.
Published: Friday, April 20th, 2018 @ 4:40 am
By: Daily Wire
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Members of our United States military are afforded very little input when it comes to decisions that significantly impact their lives and the lives of their family members
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2017 @ 2:50 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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This article is to remind folks of the loss of freedom we suffered at the hands of President Obama and his administration with the unconstitutional and universal healthcare scheme he misrepresented and then forced on the American people.
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2017 @ 10:43 am
By: Diane Rufino
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North Carolina is failing far too many children, especially those "at-risk."
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2017 @ 2:12 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Did you have an imaginary friend when you were a child? Mine was a cocker spaniel named Annabel.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2017 @ 6:52 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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The fact is that music has always been a major part of my family since I was born. My dad was a self taught musician. We always had instruments around the house.
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 @ 8:04 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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When Representative Rob Bryan first proposed the idea of Achievement School Districts it seemed, at first, a pretty radical concept, but after a year of discussion we've not heard many alternatives put forward
Published: Friday, June 17th, 2016 @ 9:35 am
By: Tom Campbell
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Friday, April 15th, 2016 @ 9:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As a liberal who grew up near California's Bible Belt in Orange County, I was brought up to believe that the enemies of reason were the Christian creationists who taught that the world is 6,000 years old and that biologists can't explain the evolution of complexity without invoking a divine creator
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2016 @ 9:47 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The state Senate's big kahuna went in front of the biggest, most-prominent Common Core-loving, spend-more-and-more-and-more money crowd and told them a few things I am SURE they didn't want to hear.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 11:37 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Children in the preschool classroom of East Carolina University's Nancy Darden Child Development Center learned to make slime without a recipe.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 11:09 am
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory signed the following bills into law today.
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 @ 11:31 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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The Vidant Health Foundation distributed more than $1.8 million through 132 grants for communities in eastern North Carolina for the 2015-2016 grant cycle. Grants were awarded for programs that focused on chronic disease prevention and management, access to care and nutrition and physical activity.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 2:33 am
By: Chris Downey
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The lead story alongside the Great Republican Debate is of a child being handcuffed with ADHD --- and now there is a lawsuit over it
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015 @ 2:05 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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North Carolina receives $7.8 million grant to aid people with substance use disorders
Published: Wednesday, July 1st, 2015 @ 12:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Whether U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan's keynote address at N.C. Central University's 125th commencement ceremony illustrated what is wrong with the liberal stranglehold on higher education, or properly embraces an emerging social paradigm, likely depends on your own politics.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2015 @ 12:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Before all of you education industry zealots consider that I don't care about "The Children" getting more free education, or something as equally ridiculous, just hear me out on this one: Free Community College for everyone is an incredibly bad idea.
Published: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 2:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Cultural catchphrases for parenting styles abound. From the "tiger mom" to the newly coined "guerrilla dad," each purports to capture a distinct set of parenting behaviors. Even the micromanagerial methods of the "helicopter parent" have garnered a place in our pop culture vernacular.
Published: Thursday, December 11th, 2014 @ 5:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In honor of Healthcare Solutions Week, I wanted to share with you some information about North Carolina's Health and Human Services budget.
Published: Thursday, October 16th, 2014 @ 6:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the midst of receiving white coats and reciting pledges, another important message was delivered to medical students arriving at East Carolina University this fall: Diversity is valued at the Brody School of Medicine.
Published: Friday, September 5th, 2014 @ 3:23 pm
By: ECU News Services
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