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Mark O'Connor has bridged two worlds of music; consequently, for those of us that appreciate both traditional and progressive bluegrass / Classical string movements expanding our moods or spirits, we well appreciate the "An Appalachian Christmas" concept of lofty melodic expression.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2022 @ 1:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mark O'Connor has bridged two worlds of music; consequently, for those of us that appreciate both traditional and progressive bluegrass / Classical string movements expanding our moods or spirits, we well appreciate the Appalachian Christmas concept of lofty melodic expression.
Published: Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 @ 11:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Several celebrities and a GLAAD spokesperson are criticizing Candace Cameron Bure for her recent comments on “traditional marriage,” while her daughter Natasha came to her defense.
Published: Friday, December 16th, 2022 @ 3:04 am
By: Daily Wire
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Are you and your backward family still following those outdated family traditions? It's time to drop those archaic and meaningless activities for some family traditions that actually matter!
Published: Sunday, October 30th, 2022 @ 11:18 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Philip Klein of National Review Online documents the pandemic-related flight from traditional public education.
Published: Saturday, July 24th, 2021 @ 6:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remarks by President Biden on the Tradition of Easter at the White House
Published: Thursday, April 8th, 2021 @ 7:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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First-year ECU medical students celebrated during drive-thru alternative to traditional event
Published: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 @ 12:21 pm
By: ECU News Services
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WBTV has the details...
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 @ 11:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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He could face espionage charges here in the U.S.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 @ 2:03 am
By: LifeZette
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Higher education is the object of aspiration and frustration. A lofty aim that, while promising opportunity, evokes feelings of anxiety from throngs of students neither academically nor financially secure
Published: Monday, February 25th, 2019 @ 4:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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OK, the loony left has struck again. Liberals/progressives have finally left the planet. Lights out, nobody is home. They've "opened their minds" so much that their brains have literally fallen out.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 12:46 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I must admit that when Sirius XM added their Christmas stations in early November, I began listening to them nonstop.
Published: Sunday, December 23rd, 2018 @ 9:51 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Mike hated Christmas. Not the true meaning of the season but the frantic rushing around spending money just to be able to say you got the person a gift he or she wouldn't use and would most likely end up at the thrift store. Mike's wife wanted him to enjoy the season, but to no avail
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2017 @ 4:19 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Dr. Prashant Mudireddy, a physician specializing in conditions of the gastrointestinal tract and liver, has joined Vidant Gastroenterology in Greenville
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 1:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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And come September, it's a match made in heaven - hog heaven, that is
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2017 @ 10:27 pm
By: ECU News Services
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How should North Carolina be governed? The same question can be asked about any other state in America, or any other country in the world. It's a critical question
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 @ 12:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is time for former heroes to exit stage left before they tarnish their image.
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2017 @ 10:13 am
By: Bobby Tony
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We'll be spending Thanksgiving Day with friends this year. Our host will cook the turkey on his Green Egg, and we'll all bring side dishes.
Published: Thursday, November 24th, 2016 @ 3:59 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Governor Pat McCrory has signed the extradition papers necessary to bring a suspect back to North Carolina following the arrest in the shooting death of Shelby Police Officer Timothy J. Brackeen.
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 8:52 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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A bill that allows students to choose between the current or traditional math curricula passed the Senate Education Committee today
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2016 @ 11:55 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Most of our state's 16 public universities are thriving but the UNC Board of Governors and our General Assembly continue to look for solutions at struggling campuses in smaller communities and those with larger minority enrollments.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 @ 4:35 am
By: Tom Campbell
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You may or may not have noticed but North Carolina's political leadership has undertaken a fundamental shift away from unqualified support of traditional public schools towards favoring charter, private and even online schools.
Published: Saturday, February 6th, 2016 @ 8:46 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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As North Carolina nears the 20th anniversary of the law that opened the door to public charter schools in the state, 82,000 students are enrolled now in charter schools
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 8:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Education will consider again in February a proposal enabling failing traditional public schools to apply for an exemption easing some state regulations so they can operate more like charter schools.
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 @ 10:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As I am sure you know, Carolina Journal is the monthly newspaper of the John Locke Foundation. Formed in 1990, the organization is named after the great English political philosopher who penned the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina in 1669 and the English Bill of Rights 20 years later.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2015 @ 8:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court's decision, a recent Civitas Poll of North Carolina voters shows that two-thirds of them still support the traditional view of marriage.
Published: Monday, July 13th, 2015 @ 4:12 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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After this hard winter students, parents and educators were all looking forward to the traditional spring break, but instead of rest and relaxation many were upset to learn their schools scheduled make-up days during the period.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2015 @ 8:17 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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A new national study concludes that charter schools in North Carolina and other states uniformly outperform traditional public schools, and have a significantly better return on investment for taxpayers.
Published: Wednesday, July 30th, 2014 @ 12:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For its 2014 print issue, North Carolina Literary Review devotes its special feature section to "War in North Carolina Literature." This in-depth exploration includes an interview with author Robert Morgan, who points out, "It is one of the mysteries of human life, and human history that...
Published: Friday, July 11th, 2014 @ 3:15 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement on Senate Bill 793, which makes several modifications to existing charter school laws
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 @ 1:17 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Saturday, April 5th, 2014 @ 3:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The story began in the early 1990s, when Baker lived in Houston, Texas, with his family. He had recently sold his computer company and was looking for a new pursuit to spice up retirement.
Published: Sunday, January 26th, 2014 @ 1:13 pm
By: John William Pope Foundation
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Over the last several years there have been a great many claims about energy subsidies and which sources get more, renewables or traditional sources like coal or oil.
Published: Sunday, November 17th, 2013 @ 3:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On May 5, 2012 at approximately 9:06 a.m., Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to South Harding Village Road in Washington, NC in reference to a Domestic Dispute.
Published: Tuesday, August 13th, 2013 @ 7:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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"Citing Bela Fleck's nontraditional technique on banjo as an influence on his approach to the pans, Scales crafts time-slipping compositions drawing on the dissonant harmonies and angular melodies of Thelonious Monk, the experimental classicism of Igor Stravinsky, and the urban swagger of Kanye West
Published: Sunday, July 14th, 2013 @ 11:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Leona Cox ended up on the front row when the 48 seniors in East Carolina Teacher Training School's Class of 1915 gathered on the steps of Old Austin for their graduation photo. "There she is in the middle," said her great-granddaughter, senior Mary Highsmith, as she points to the...
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2013 @ 8:52 am
By: ECU News Services
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The traditional business model for public-affairs journalism continues to falter. Print newsrooms are shrinking. Broadcast newsrooms are, too, or at least replacing expensive, veteran news reporters with young newscasters.
Published: Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 @ 5:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The race for N.C. House District 9 features a Republican newcomer to politics against an incumbent Democrat in a district where the political dynamics have been altered by redistricting.
Published: Thursday, October 11th, 2012 @ 12:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to Hickman, these Core Values will be posted on the County GOP's website at www.beaufortcountygop.com with links to more detailed explanations about each point.
Published: Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 @ 11:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This show, by this ensemble of consummate musicians, is part of the Sunday in the Park Outdoor Concert Series, brought to the public by the Greenville Parks and Recreation. The price of admission to the public to hear The Barefoot Movement is no charge.
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2012 @ 1:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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