It's too bad that we have to turn to history books detailing events of generations long ago to appreciate principled American leaders.
Published: Thursday, January 2nd, 2014 @ 1:21 am
By: Brant Clifton
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On October 1, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of fraud from a Fayetteville, NC resident.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 @ 11:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In case you've been too busy with real life to keep track of the political dramas of the past two weeks, here's a brief recap.
Published: Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 @ 5:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Out-of-state college students wishing to vote in North Carolina elections should find it relatively easy to get a state-issued photo identification card that will be necessary to cast a ballot under the new voter ID system.
Published: Monday, August 19th, 2013 @ 6:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember the TV ad with the little old lady holding up a burger and asking, "Where's the Beef?"
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2013 @ 1:50 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The Republicans were actually trying to save the Social Security system which is at risk of failing in the next decade.
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 @ 4:41 am
By: Alicia Colon
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As a longtime advocate of shortening North Carolina's ballot and rationalizing the distribution of executive power in state government, I was glad to see some folks reacting to a recent News & Observer series on workers-comp evasion by calling for state agency reorganization.
Published: Friday, August 24th, 2012 @ 7:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The term "third rail," in the context of politics, refers to a policy one cannot touch for fear that he will suffer career electrocution. The analogy stems from the hazardous third rail that powers some train systems.
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 @ 10:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We are being told that some very large percentage (well over half) of the American population is partaking of (and presumably enjoying) the largess of government entitlement spending.
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 @ 4:06 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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While unfunded liabilities continue to garner plenty of attention in the press, I fear a lack of understanding means this attention is failing to translate into legislative action.
Published: Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 @ 4:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Why has no one asked what that grand give-away is doing to the Social Security Trust Fund - which reportedly is already running low??
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2011 @ 5:20 am
By: Jim Bispo
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