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The two books of my summer reading paint a picture of America that is both unsettling and understandable. Anne Applebaum is an award - winning historian and prizewinning author.
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2022 @ 12:44 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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To paraphrase Alice, who used the term to describe her adventures in Wonderland, election politics in America is getting “curiouser and curiouser.” North Carolina has been in the forefront of innovation and implementation
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2022 @ 11:59 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Why does it seem we are willing to talk ourselves into a recession?
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 4:18 am
By: Tom Campbell
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When I went back to college in my late 40s, I remember walking through the libraries at Meredith and Duke talking to the books.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 12:38 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Now I know how the British felt watching the Spanish Armada sail into English waters in July of 1588. King Philip II commissioned them to invade England with the intent of overthrowing Queen Elizabeth I.
Published: Saturday, July 30th, 2022 @ 2:10 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Probably one of the first things you memorized and repeated in school every morning was the Pledge of Allegiance. “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands…..”
Published: Thursday, July 28th, 2022 @ 4:44 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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There is a new telescope in town. The James Webb Space Telescope is going far, far away revealing secrets of the universe we have never seen before.
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2022 @ 3:16 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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It's been said North Carolina is politically a purple state, a mixture of red (Republican) and blue (Democrat). Now we might have to add green to the mix, since the Green Party has petitioned to gain statewide ballot access in this November's general elections.
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 5:51 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina will be in the news once again next October as the US Supreme Court hears the case Moore vs. Harper, a case that could alter not only our state, but our democracy. We need to pay attention to this one.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 8:54 am
By: Lib Campbell
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There’s nothing better than curling up with some great fiction and a glass of sweet tea. But who would have suspected that fiction is transcripts of the January 6th House committee hearings?
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 5:43 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Cheers and Anguish. Victory and Tragedy. Both are on full display now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned. It’s been a long time in the making.
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2022 @ 5:41 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Over the July 4th holiday we experienced the traditional red, white and blue salutes to our nation, along with tributes paid the patriots who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2022 @ 12:17 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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There’s not much middle ground regarding the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. I’ve listened to some praising our Justices as well as others, usually louder, vilifying them.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 2:57 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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We all knew it was coming. The leaked Alito Opinion turned out to be the actual opinion of the Supreme Court issued on June 24, 2022. For women, this will be a day that “will live in infamy.”
Published: Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 @ 7:11 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Among those who pledge to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, how many are needed to stabilize and keep our Democracy? Is it 60? Is it five good people willing to come forward and tell truth to power for a cause greater than their own ambitions?
Published: Tuesday, June 28th, 2022 @ 6:24 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Lately, I’ve been thinking about the word balance. We refer to a well-balanced life as one with equilibrium between work, family and recreation.
Published: Saturday, June 25th, 2022 @ 7:15 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Fourth grade of Elementary School is a pivotal year. Children are on the cusp of adolescence, becoming more social, beginning to realize all they can do as their interests and gifts become more self-evident.
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2022 @ 11:22 am
By: Lib Campbell
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HB755, also known as the Parents’ Bill of Rights, isn’t the most egregious legislation to ever pass our General Assembly. That crown will forever belong to HB2, the so-called bathroom bill.
Published: Friday, June 17th, 2022 @ 1:02 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Mr. Lieutenant Governor, the “I’s” have it. Insult. Injury. Ignorance. As a woman and a pastor in the United Methodist Church, I am greatly insulted by your comment that “Christians are called to be led by men.”
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2022 @ 7:39 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Bob Gibson was in the second wave of troops storming Normandy’s beaches on D-day. Now 100 and wheelchair bound, NBC Nightly News filmed his return 78 years later.
Published: Thursday, June 9th, 2022 @ 9:49 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Local man Mike Campbell received his honey-do list over breakfast, and within moments calculated that his wife had doled out four podcasts' worth of chores.
Published: Friday, June 3rd, 2022 @ 1:32 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Each Sunday morning during spring, summer and early fall The Oriental United Methodist Church has services on the riverfront.
Published: Friday, June 3rd, 2022 @ 11:13 am
By: Tom Campbell
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My rumination around the most recent massacres has led me in several directions. I have only thoughts, no answers. But my heart and mind will process these events and all the previous killings until I find peace with this.
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 @ 6:35 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Since 1868, a day has been set aside to remember all those who died in American wars. Monday, May 30, 2022 is this year's date. My memory of Memorial Day is largely around celebrating the beginning of Summer, parties with hot dogs and watermelon, pools opening.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2022 @ 2:02 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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No. 21 East Carolina used a five-run seventh inning to complete the home and home series sweep of Campbell, 7-6, and extended its current win streak to 11 games Tuesday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2022 @ 8:06 am
By: ECU Sports
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The first day of class the law professor strode into the room. The first thing he did was ask for the name of a student sitting in the front row.
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2022 @ 5:56 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Pundits and politicos like to talk about “mainstream” or “main street” Republicans, as if they made up a significant percentage of today’s GOP.
Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2022 @ 10:31 am
By: Tom Campbell
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When lawmakers return to Raleigh May 18th for the “short” session they will be greeted by good news.
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2022 @ 10:03 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Some of us still haven’t put the 2020 elections to bed even as early voting has started for the 2022 Primary Elections.
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2022 @ 11:34 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 7:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina is neither a red state, nor blue. It is increasingly becoming a gray state. In 1960 our state’s median age was 25.5 years.
Published: Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 @ 10:05 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Mrs. Ophelia Elizabeth Hoggard Campbell, age 89, resident of 120 Bath Circle, Washington, died Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington.
Published: Wednesday, April 27th, 2022 @ 8:54 am
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Sure as Christmas falls on December 25th you can count on a legion of political candidates taking to the airwaves declaring they feel compelled to serve the public, pledging to listen to and follow the will of the people.
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2022 @ 11:53 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Fishing, farming and forestry have historic foundations in our state. We also have a history of migration, moving from easternmost to increasingly westward locations.
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 @ 8:33 am
By: Tom Campbell
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East Carolina closed out its 2022 home schedule by dropping a 4-2 decision to Campbell at the River Birch Tennis Center on Saturday.
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 @ 8:10 am
By: ECU Sports
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Our teachers must feel like they are wearing a bullseye on their backs. There aren’t many who have their backs these days, and those who do aren’t speaking loudly in support.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 @ 10:28 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Once again, we see that justice is not blind in North Carolina; it is tainted by partisanship. If it please the court or, more importantly you, let me argue my case.
Published: Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 @ 9:24 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Ellie Bromley scored four goals and dished out two assists to help East Carolina defeat Campbell in a non-conference contest Wednesday afternoon at Barker-Lane Stadium.
Published: Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 @ 8:29 am
By: ECU Sports
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Those of us who live in or regularly spend time along North Carolina’s coast recognize there are five drivers attracting and contributing to the region: tourism, the military, farming, forestry and fishing.
Published: Thursday, March 24th, 2022 @ 9:53 am
By: Tom Campbell
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On March 10th our General Assembly adjourned a session that spanned 14 months, starting in January of 2021.
Published: Monday, March 21st, 2022 @ 9:51 am
By: Tom Campbell
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It should have come as no surprise that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the maps approved by North Carolina’s high court.
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 9:43 am
By: Tom Campbell
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