This week, Arkansas GOP senator Tom Cotton, a staunch supporter of the state of Israel and an equally staunch foe of Israel’s mortal enemy Iran, introduced a Senate resolution condemning the slogan, “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free.”
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 @ 11:45 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Christmas story, as recorded in Luke, says there is no room in the inn for the holy family to find shelter, and a safe place for the baby to be born.
Published: Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024 @ 1:39 am
By: Lib Campbell
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We picked up our Boykin Spaniel in Florence, South Carolina. The name already given her was “Karma.” The irony of the name was that the day we picked her up was the same day of Donald Trump’s first indictment.
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2024 @ 11:11 am
By: Lib Campbell
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In my darkest imagination, I see Donald Trump on Inauguration Day 2025. He is smug as he places his hand on the Bible and pledges his oath to uphold the Constitution.
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2023 @ 3:46 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville reportedly loosened his grip on holding Senate approval for military promotions en masse after months of blocking them until the Pentagon makes internal changes to its abortion policy.
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 @ 9:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Daily Wire’s newest feature film “Lady Ballers” was billed ahead of its Friday release as the most triggering comedy of the year — and in just three days, it shot to the top of Rotten Tomatoes’ most popular streamers list.
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2023 @ 4:14 am
By: Daily Wire
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More and more frequently I am asked: What can we do when our legislature doesn’t pass laws not supported by the majority, favoring instead the minority?
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2023 @ 11:07 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Thanksgiving changes from year to year, the dates change, and the attendees at the Thanksgiving feast are different. Chairs are empty that once weren’t. How is gratitude mounted in the face of grief and loss?
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2023 @ 8:27 am
By: Lib Campbell
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A friend gave us an insulated mug with a clever cartoon saying, “Happy Hallothanksmus.”
Published: Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 @ 4:48 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Mrs. Russell, social climbing wife of a Railroad robber baron, is scolding her son. Larry is having an affair with a rich Newport widow for whom he is redesigning a house.
Published: Saturday, December 16th, 2023 @ 2:29 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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I don’t recognize North Carolina today. It is not the state I’ve loved and lived in all my life. We’ve changed from being “where the weak grow strong, and the strong grow great” to a state where we select the ones we choose to hate.
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 10:12 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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"This would never have happened under Donald Trump or Ronald Reagan."
Published: Saturday, December 9th, 2023 @ 8:01 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The mezuzah attached to the front door frame of our house has a little rolled scroll inside that has been blessed by a Rabbi.
Published: Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 @ 2:47 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Tommy “Tom” Wayne Holder, age 72, a resident of Pinetown, NC died Friday November 24, 2023, at his home.
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 @ 8:32 am
By: Announcements
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Tom Barkin, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, recently visited Nash and Edgecombe counties to listen and learn about workforce and housing opportunities in Eastern North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 @ 10:06 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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In Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign he asked the voters one question: Are you better off today than you were four years ago? It’s worth asking now.
Published: Monday, November 27th, 2023 @ 10:11 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Local wife Margo Gerfman was seen scrolling through Zillow listings in search of ideal 20-acre farms up for sale after having planted, grown, and harvested a bountiful apron full of three tomatoes.
Published: Friday, November 24th, 2023 @ 7:55 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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New House Speaker Mike Johnson, speaking to the press after the horrific shooting in Lewiston, Maine said, “our thoughts and prayers are with the people. I’m gonna leave it there.” Then he walked away from the reporters, leaving much unanswered.
Published: Tuesday, November 21st, 2023 @ 9:39 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Two recent headlines grabbed my attention. The first was the announcement that Toyota, having already announced a major project to build batteries for electric vehicles in Randolph County, has expanded their plans.
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 9:55 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The new redistricted congressional and legislative maps passed by our legislature are not surprising to those who have followed this hyper partisan General Assembly.
Published: Thursday, November 16th, 2023 @ 1:50 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville said President Joe Biden would rather “burn the Senate down” before negotiating to lift Tuberville’s hold on Senate approval for military promotions en masse.
Published: Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 @ 12:27 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Former North Carolina Secretary of Cultural Resources, Betty Ray McCain, was also a humorist.
Published: Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 @ 4:52 am
By: Lib Campbell
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I recently attended a forum discussing the future of elections in North Carolina. During a break, someone commented on my rants about legislative shenanigans, asking my assessment of the current General Assembly. I rambled a bit, but do remember mentioning the terms “historic,” and “power grab.”
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 9:15 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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We watch war now in real time on television, cruelty and brutality on full display.
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 8:37 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Our world expanded in the 1950s as television brought news and events from around the world into our living rooms.
Published: Friday, November 10th, 2023 @ 12:15 am
By: Tom Campbell
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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), the new GOP nominee for speaker, got hit by a Truth Social post as he worked to flip Republican holdouts who oppose his bid.
Published: Thursday, November 9th, 2023 @ 10:06 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolinians will see their auto insurance rates increase by 4.5% on Dec. 1 or after and again in 2024 because of a settlement reached between the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI) and insurance companies.
Published: Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 @ 1:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed on Saturday that the agency encountered nearly 270,000 illegal aliens at the U.S. southern border for the month of September.
Published: Monday, November 6th, 2023 @ 5:06 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) and Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas this week demanding that the Biden administration not let into the U.S. “large numbers of Palestinians.”
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2023 @ 12:42 am
By: Daily Wire
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Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg‘s next WWII miniseries, “Masters of the Air,” has finally gotten an air date after over a decade of delays.
Published: Saturday, November 4th, 2023 @ 12:15 am
By: Daily Wire
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) demanded the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deport foreign nationals who have voiced support for Hamas after the terrorist group’s brutal attack on Israel earlier this month.
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 6:46 pm
By: Daily Wire
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While we digest the ousting of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy it might be informative to know that North Carolina was the first in the modern era to oust a Speaker. We can learn from that history.
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 9:38 am
By: Tom Campbell
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No, I am not saying that shame is a good thing when it is used to belittle and berate another person, trying to make that person feel as small as possible. That is called bullying.
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2023 @ 11:49 am
By: Lib Campbell
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