In an effort to combat climate change and reduce excess waste, coffee shop mega-chain Starbucks has announced it will eliminate its paper cups effective immediately and begin pouring coffee directly down the throats of its customers.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 2:23 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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The budget our legislature has passed is the cherry on top of the upside-down power grab cake our lawmakers have been baking since January.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 12:11 am
By: Tom Campbell
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worse than McCarthy - out of the frying pan and into the fire
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 @ 11:17 am
By: John Steed
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I am not sure we can get more stupid than Tommy Tuberville trashing poetry reading on a war ship as being too “woke.” Really?
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 @ 8:05 am
By: Lib Campbell
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The old proverb states that April showers bring May Flowers. So, what does August heat bring? Answer: Huge electric bills. My July bill was so high I was convinced my meter was broken and called to get a service person to my house.
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2023 @ 8:56 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said he reported former CIA Director Michael Hayden to the Capitol Police in response to a post on social media suggesting that the college football coach-turned-lawmaker should no longer be a member of the human race.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 11:42 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Former CIA Director Michael Hayden suggested that he would be fine with an effort to “remove” Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) from “the human race” — presumably because he continues to hold up the unanimous consent confirmations of military promotions.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 7:11 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Louise R. Lester Foundation Library at Beaufort County Community College (BCCC) will art professor Tom Grubbs on October 11 as part of its Community Voices program.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 4:24 pm
By: Attila Nemecz
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Target Corporation is making drastic changes in its product selection in an effort to win back customers following the first quarterly earnings loss in six years. Thus, they have unveiled the new Straight White Male Pride Collection available in stores nationwide.
Published: Saturday, October 14th, 2023 @ 5:13 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) set up votes on a trio of key military nominations after Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) threatened to force action that would begin to crack the months-long standoff over a Pentagon abortion policy.
Published: Thursday, October 12th, 2023 @ 2:35 am
By: Daily Wire
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From 1050 until about 1300 AD, the Latin Christian Church sent crusaders, fighters for the faith, into the Holy Land to reclaim Jerusalem and other holy sites for Christianity.
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2023 @ 9:46 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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The old aphorism was never truer, “laws are like sausages. It’s best not to see them being made.” The big news this week has been the state budget and why, almost three months late, it hasn’t passed.
Published: Monday, October 9th, 2023 @ 1:39 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Broadsword calling Danny Boy: Oregon State at Cal Bears (+9 and the hook); U.S 10 yr yield hits 4.8 percent!
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 11:43 am
By: The Correspondent
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School bells are ringing across North Carolina. Children are having backpacks blessed. Seniors are driving decorated cars around neighborhoods to the school parking lot. Excitement rises as the back-to-school rituals crank up.
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 8:02 am
By: Lib Campbell
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We now know most, if not all, the candidates who will compete in the March 5th Primary Elections for Governor.
Published: Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 @ 5:03 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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A new report reveals that Rotten Tomatoes — the movie site used by millions of people to decide if a movie is worth seeing — was allegedly manipulated by a public relations company to boost a movie’s critical reception.
Published: Sunday, October 1st, 2023 @ 6:48 am
By: Daily Wire
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In Disciple I Bible Study, the lesson on Obedience is set around the law of Moses, the Ten Commandments and the subsequent Levitical law that fills the Old Testament. Obedience and adherence to the rule of law was an expectation of the ancient people.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 2:16 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Our legislature continues to dance to the tunes played by ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 @ 10:16 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says that while the Biden administration started the political battle over abortions for service members, she does not support Sen. Tommy Tuberville
Published: Monday, September 25th, 2023 @ 6:43 pm
By: Daily Wire
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We often go to resources when doing research for a paper, for a sermon or talk, for Liturgy and Prayer. We cite our sources, something we learned how to do as juniors in high school
Published: Friday, September 22nd, 2023 @ 1:04 am
By: Lib Campbell
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She woke up Monday morning complaining about feeling “kinda punk.” After breakfast I found her on the front porch wrapped in a blanket, shivering in the 90-degree temperature.
Published: Thursday, September 21st, 2023 @ 12:01 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Those who follow our legislature know that each session usually has one or two initiatives for which it becomes known.
Published: Monday, September 18th, 2023 @ 7:59 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Now in its seventh installment, the newest Mission Impossible will see Tom Cruise face his most daunting task yet: retrieving a bag of Lay's potato chips from a moderately high shelf.
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2023 @ 8:08 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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I loved when the fair came to town. Rides, good food, exhibits, not to mention the “hoochie koochie” show.
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2023 @ 3:48 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The text from my friend came in around 8:30 Sunday morning. He reported that antisemitic flyers were distributed on all the driveways in his Quail Hollow neighborhood.
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2023 @ 9:24 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Lincoln said you can fool some of the people all of the time, the only explanation I can offer for why Trump and Biden are tied at 43 percent in the New York Times presidential poll released Tuesday.
Published: Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 @ 9:40 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Movies are making a comeback in the great summer blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer. We have seen both of them. They could not be more different, but each offers something to think about.
Published: Sunday, September 10th, 2023 @ 9:26 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Would you be willing to turn over 1.4 billion dollars to an unknown group over which you have no oversight or control and who can do with it as they choose? I bet you wouldn’t do that with even $1,400. But our legislature appears ready to go with the $1.4B.
Published: Thursday, September 7th, 2023 @ 10:35 am
By: Tom Campbell
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I suspect conservatives have complained about liberalism on college campuses since UNC was founded in 1789.
Published: Wednesday, August 30th, 2023 @ 11:56 am
By: Tom Campbell
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In a stunning display of determination and perseverance, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has shown the world that illiteracy is no match for ambition and dreams.
Published: Sunday, August 27th, 2023 @ 8:39 am
By: Babylon Bee
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If you drive south on Interstate 95, you will cross over Lake Hartwell in Georgia. In Hartwell, Georgia, a man has put a sign in the front of his little church that reads, “The tired, the poor, the huddled masses. Welcome Home.”
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 3:08 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Once again we are midway through July without a state budget that was supposed to begin July 1. Why haven’t they passed a budget on time? Not trying to be snarky, the answer is because they can. The old budget remains in effect until a new one is approved.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 10:18 am
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina lost two leaders in agriculture this week, both with connections to Golden LEAF. Current Golden LEAF Board member and Finance Chair E. Jerome Vick passed away on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 @ 11:30 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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In December of 1965, I married into a broadcasting family. My father-in-law ran a television station.
Published: Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 @ 12:48 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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