A Marine's Marine who tells it like it is.
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2020 @ 10:39 pm
By: LifeZette
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Democrats Start with Strong Chance to Make Further Gains, GOP Likely, to retain Majority
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2020 @ 2:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The New York Post broke the news of Hunter’s guilty plea on Monday.
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2019 @ 8:11 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina could be shaping up to be more of a swing state than Ohio or Florida, yet while Trump is far from dominant, he is fairly stable here from a reelection standpoint.
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 11:02 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Higher education is the object of aspiration and frustration. A lofty aim that, while promising opportunity, evokes feelings of anxiety from throngs of students neither academically nor financially secure
Published: Monday, February 25th, 2019 @ 4:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The promise of “Medicare for All” polls well. But if Democrats endorse the concept in large numbers, and make it or some other large-scale expansion of government health plans a centerpiece of the party’s brand going into the 2020 election cycle, Republicans will be among the prime beneficiaries
Published: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019 @ 4:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When it comes to giving parents more control over where their children attend elementary and secondary school, North Carolina has become a national leader
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2018 @ 1:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the North Carolina General Assembly gathered for its Oct. 2 special session on Hurricane Florence relief, the state’s rainy-day fund stood at $2.01 billion
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 5:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Many political pollsters took it on the chin in 2016. Their surveys proved to be wildly off in the presidential race, among others
Published: Sunday, June 17th, 2018 @ 1:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is a familiar kind of political argument that goes something like this: "I know we are politically divided. I think that partisanship has its place - but surely there is no need to make [fill in the blank] a partisan issue."
Published: Monday, May 7th, 2018 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In early December 2017, as Congress was debating changes to the nation's tax code, U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) gave one of the more hyperbolic quotes of the year
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 @ 3:30 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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If you're a North Carolina political junkie, it must seem like Christmas came in July
Published: Wednesday, July 26th, 2017 @ 9:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Do you keep up with your friends and family by typing personal letters and dropping them in the mailbox? Do you do all your shopping at the mall? When traveling, do you use a pay phone to get directions or to call a taxi?
Published: Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017 @ 9:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In what direction will North Carolina go under a Democratic governor-elect, Roy Cooper, and a Republican General Assembly? There are three possibilities
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2017 @ 1:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In North Carolina, Republican candidates for the General Assembly and statewide offices have been told that their policies are to blame for the fact that fewer high school graduates pursue teaching careers
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During North Carolina's primary elections earlier this year, did you get a visit to your home from a campaign worker?
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 @ 2:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Well, it's over. For all the talk about the Trump Revolution and a desire to send The Establishment a message - we got very little action to support ANY of that.
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2016 @ 3:53 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Ideally, those who want to improve teacher recruitment and retention in North Carolina would have sufficient information about why teachers choose to leave our public schools to teach in another state
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 5:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As of January 31, state government had collected $12.1 billion in General Fund revenue and expended $11.2 billion on education, Medicaid, and other state programs since the beginning of the 2015-16 fiscal year
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2016 @ 3:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The circus came to Raleigh this week - not the farewell tour of thick-skinned pachyderms - but one in which other elephants were in the center ring.
Published: Tuesday, March 1st, 2016 @ 1:36 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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You've no doubt heard the spin put on the outcome of the Iowa caucuses, but when you cut through the noise this week's vote was a good indicator of what to expect going forward.
Published: Wednesday, February 17th, 2016 @ 3:07 am
By: Tom Campbell
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At first, legislative leaders — led by Rep. David Lewis — were cheerleading hard for moving North Carolina’s presidential primary from May to March.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 10:19 am
By: Brant Clifton
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As the next president of the United States sits down for the first time in the Oval Office, the top item on his to-do list might involve policies designed to boost a sluggish economy. Or perhaps she will survey the international landscape and focus on efforts to crush ISIS and contain Russian and...
Published: Monday, October 5th, 2015 @ 12:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Well, they did it. Thumbed their collective noses at those of us who voted to give them super-majorities in Raleigh.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 @ 5:48 am
By: Brant Clifton
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At this moment, political leaders and strategists in both the North Carolina Democratic and Republican parties are concocting the same kind of fantasy — that they'll be able to wall off their state and local candidates from a potential disaster at the top of the ticket.
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 @ 1:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After months of speculation and handwringing among Democrats, the party is finally fielding candidates to take on Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr in 2016. The potential aspirants include state Rep. Duane Hall of Raleigh, former state Rep. Deborah Ross of Raleigh, and Chris Rey, mayor of the...
Published: Sunday, August 23rd, 2015 @ 1:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday’s news was full of the “Great Flag Controversy.” I was born in Pickens County. SC, while my father was Pastor of the Liberty First Baptist Church.
Published: Saturday, June 27th, 2015 @ 5:21 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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We've all heard about the new 'conservative' group of solar energy fans seeking to continue government subsidies of the solar industry.
Published: Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 @ 4:05 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It's truly disgusting to watch the drive-bys - the remnants of the so-called mainstream media - working overtime to whip up racial strife in an era they promised us, in 2008, would be post-racial.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 @ 6:54 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The Civitas 2015 Conservative Leadership Conference (CLC) this past weekend kicked off on Friday with thought-provoking insights from a range of speakers, including two potential presidential candidates, Dr. Ben Carson and former Sen. Rick Santorum.
Published: Saturday, April 4th, 2015 @ 9:06 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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"What do you people want?" I can't tell you the number of times I've been asked that by lawmakers, activists, or reporters who don't share my political views. The term "you people" refers to the modern conservative movement in North Carolina, a phenomenon that still seems to puzzle older politicos a
Published: Friday, February 13th, 2015 @ 9:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Regulation stifles innovation, resulting in poor-quality products at higher prices for consumers. And removing long-established regulations takes a massive effort, usually driven by obvious massive benefits that an emerging new industry offers.
Published: Wednesday, November 19th, 2014 @ 8:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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