On September 20 at 12:00 p.m., Beaufort County Community College will host Rebecca Marmaduke of the Braver Angels of North Carolina to discuss engaging in civil and meaningful political conversations.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 9:22 am
By: Attila Nemecz
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Former President Barack Obama claimed that since he left the White House in January 2017, the divided media was the thing that truly kept him up at night.
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2023 @ 5:48 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The General Assembly may allocate hundreds of millions in federal relief toward closing the digital divide this session
Published: Thursday, July 29th, 2021 @ 6:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Free-market advocates in North Carolina are optimistic the relaxing of regulations in the state will help promote the growth of broadband and help close the digital divide.
Published: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 @ 6:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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This year’s election had record voter turnout.
Published: Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 @ 10:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Naomi Lim of the Washington Examiner documents Democrats’ divergence on the issue of sexual assault allegations against presidential candidate Joe Biden.
Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2020 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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With the 2020 election upon us, it is natural to wonder how North Carolina’s political landscape has changed since the start of the 2016 election.
Published: Saturday, February 1st, 2020 @ 12:55 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Democrats used to be the party of Bad Ideas. Now it's the party of Bad People.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 12:35 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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How should we respond to the urban-rural divide? The question has legions of politicians, scholars, journalists, and businesses scrambling for answers
Published: Tuesday, December 4th, 2018 @ 7:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I'm only half joking when I argue that a true sports fan loathes his archrival more than he loves his own team
Published: Monday, November 26th, 2018 @ 6:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Undoubtedly, we will continue to hear a lot about the growing urban-rural divide in North Carolina and across the nation. We’ve seen it continually in our electoral presidential vote maps for decades. It’s now reaching more of a breaking point culturally and politically
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2018 @ 6:46 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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There is a familiar kind of political argument that goes something like this: "I know we are politically divided. I think that partisanship has its place - but surely there is no need to make [fill in the blank] a partisan issue."
Published: Monday, May 7th, 2018 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Liberals like small homes that are close to shopping and attractions, while conservatives prefer to have larger properties and drive longer distances to the store
Published: Sunday, March 18th, 2018 @ 12:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Whether you are a North Carolina Democrat who dreams of recapturing your party's longtime control of the state legislature or a North Carolina Republican who dreams of recapturing your party's recent control of the governorship and state supreme court, I would urge you to calibrate your expectations
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2017 @ 3:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Would it surprise you to learn that, depending on the poll and specific questions asked, between a quarter and a third of Democrats identify their views on abortion as "pro-life"?
Published: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017 @ 3:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is no doubt Barack Obama's election to the presidency in 2008 was a watershed in America's racial history
Published: Friday, December 30th, 2016 @ 5:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Based on recent events, and lots of recent handwringing, you might think so. You might think there was no feasible way for Republicans and Democrats to work together on matters of public concern. But your conclusion would be a hasty one.
Published: Thursday, June 16th, 2016 @ 5:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"What's the conservative position on this issue?" "Why do conservatives think x about y?" "All conservatives agree about this, don't they?"
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2015 @ 11:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the real fiscal cliff that threatens to send the American economy into a steep decline - which is not the prospect of the top marginal rate on wage income rising by nearly five percentage points.
Published: Sunday, December 16th, 2012 @ 12:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Blue Ridge Parkway running along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains offers the wandering aventurers: panoramic vistas, sunny mountain meadows, and hiking trails of varying difficulty.
Published: Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 @ 3:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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