ong time readers will recall Grandfather. Survivor of both The Little Big Horn and Rorke's Drift, his Balkan War adventures and tutelage in Port Arthur under Sidney Reilley were long behind him when he became a college football correspondent for the fledgling wire services.
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2023 @ 12:30 pm
By: The Correspondent
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Devout local Christian Josh McKay has decided he can no longer in good conscience get wasted drinking Bud Light, and has therefore switched to scotch.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 9:38 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Ever vigilant not to offend woke purists, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is reportedly considering eliminating the categories of Best Actor and Actress and replacing them with a non-gendered category.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 11:07 am
By: Daily Wire
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Following a long-awaited and much-publicized visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, President Joe Biden sought to reassure the American people that the nation's southern border is every bit as secure as America's elections.
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 @ 8:54 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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A minimum of 35 pieces of tape is needed to successfully wrap a gift, husband scientists said Monday. The surprise announcement was made by representatives of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) just in time for the holiday season.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 10:22 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Actor Ben Affleck seemed to blame his marriage to actress Jennifer Garner for his substance abuse during a recent interview with host Howard Stern.
Published: Sunday, May 15th, 2022 @ 12:27 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The United States and United Kingdom are ending a host of costly tariffs, effective June 1, on a number of products, including whiskey.
Published: Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 @ 11:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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My latest column for the American Institute for Economic Research, “Freedom and Whisky Go Together Like Tyranny and Oppression,” opens at a Burns Night supper in Raleigh not too long ago.
Published: Sunday, February 6th, 2022 @ 12:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We’ve heard about supply chain issues for months now and inflation even longer than that. But in the background, quietly driving up costs around the world, is deglobalization.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 11:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control system has a new commissioner. It gets continued reassurance from its boards and warehouse operator that they’ll get it right and, to that end, newly created groups meant to help them do so.
Published: Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 @ 8:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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One measure passing the committee directs the Legislative Research Commission to study ABC rules in other states
Published: Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 @ 10:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper — and scores of politicians like them — have since March imposed noxious closures and lockdowns with the altruistic goal of keeping us safe.
Published: Thursday, December 17th, 2020 @ 4:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the State Board of Elections’ attempt to rewrite N.C. elections law.
Published: Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 @ 9:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new coronavirus outbreak in China, where the disease originated, threatens to upend the progress that the rest of the world has made in the fight against the disease as it might be changing in a way that makes it more difficult to detect.
Published: Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 @ 9:06 am
By: Daily Wire
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Some of America’s favorite items may be a bit harder — or more expensive — to get this winter because of issues with agricultural trade and tariffs on European goods.
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2019 @ 9:13 am
By: Daily Wire
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An article about this phenomenon caught my attention, and yes, it made me laugh.
Published: Monday, November 25th, 2019 @ 3:18 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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On Monday, The New Yorker published a lengthy article detailing the various scandals involving former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter. The article asked the question: “Will Hunter Biden Jeopardize His Father’s Campaign?”
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2019 @ 9:45 pm
By: Daily Wire
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As we get older, we sometimes begin to doubt our ability to "make a difference" in the world.
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2018 @ 1:03 pm
By: Spencer Aycock
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Here's a recount of the twists and turns of House Bill 2, the infamous "bathroom bill."
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2017 @ 11:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I woke up before light, this last Sunday in January. The winter morning was cold and dark.
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2017 @ 10:36 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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Governor McCrory announced today the lineup of programs that honor the 2016 Black History Month theme, "Hallowed Ground: African-American Memories."
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 @ 11:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Why do we call fussy government regulations "red tape"?
Published: Thursday, January 14th, 2016 @ 2:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Uptown Greenville and The United Way of Pitt County proudly announce the groundbreaking of the Live United Courtyard on Monday, September 21 at 11:00am.
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2015 @ 3:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The best way to electrocute yourself is to grab both the positive and negative ends of a highly charged transformer. The same may be true of some issues, but here I go.
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2015 @ 5:18 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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This morning a crowd gathered to see the Mayor of Belhaven and his entourage off to Washington, DC. There were some 100 people gathered on the waterfront and across from the closed Belhaven Hospital.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2015 @ 12:06 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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The drive to work is often a way to decompress and prepare for the inevitable - the work day.
Published: Monday, August 11th, 2014 @ 11:04 am
By: Mike Hayes
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On Tuesday, March 11, 2014, Bill, a loving husband and father went home to rejoice with his heavenly father and the many friends and family that preceded him.
Published: Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 @ 6:22 am
By: Announcements
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Haywood County commissioners and area municipal officials are hoping a proposed 50-percent increase in the region's occupancy tax will help them build capital projects and spur area tourism. But they face opposition from one of the region's legislators, and that could scotch the tax hike...
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 10:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On October 18, 1772, a 200-ton ship named James and Mary arrived at the port of Charleston, South Carolina. But its passengers, settlers from Northern Ireland, were not allowed to disembark. Charleston authorities believed that the ship was infested with smallpox and had it quarantined for 52 days.
Published: Monday, October 21st, 2013 @ 9:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In my continuing efforts to perfect my punditry persona of "crotchety not-so-old man," I have recently discovered a wonderful new source of material: the life and times of John Kincaid.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2013 @ 11:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Sissipahaw and Occaneechi lived and inhabited what is present-day Wake County, and English and Scotch-Irish settlers from northern states moved into the area during the seventeenth century.
Published: Saturday, August 17th, 2013 @ 11:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Watauga County was established by legislative act in 1849 from parts of Caldwell, Ashe, Wilkes, and Yancey County.
Published: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 @ 1:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Low-information America and its enablers in the mainstream media are in a snit over Phil Mickelson's complaint about the amount of taxes he is being forced to pay as a U.S. citizen and a native-born resident of California.
Published: Thursday, January 24th, 2013 @ 1:49 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Carteret County, North Carolina was formed in 1722 out of Craven County. It is named in honor of Sir John Carteret, who later became the Earl of Granville and one of the Lords Proprietors of North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2012 @ 5:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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