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THE WORD: Seeing through love’s eyes
“Love . . . thinks no evil, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” — 1 Corinthians 13:5-7 Love does not suspect unkindness, in kind deeds. Love does not […]
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GINGRICH: GOP debt ceiling strategy for 2023
Once again, the media is frenzied over this year’s debt ceiling debate — and is insisting that any Republican opposition to raising the debt ceiling is pure recalcitrance. Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans should […]
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MOORE: Biden’s ESG investment rules threaten your retirement savings
President Joe Biden’s Labor Department recently announced a new rule that will permit money managers to play politics with trillions of dollars of people’s retirement savings. The administration is pushing environmental, social and governance investing, […]
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PRAGER: Who’s more irrational — the religious or the irreligious?
There are very few things conservatives, liberals and leftists agree on. But if they are irreligious, they all agree that religious Americans are more irrational than irreligious Americans. It is a secular axiom that secularism […]
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KAKADELIS: Public charter schools continue to face threats as they thrive
New numbers released by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction show large increases in public charter school enrollment. More students are finding the public school option that works best for them, and this should be […]
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MACKLEM: The heartbeat bill
When I was in early pregnancy with my first daughter, I rented a fetal heart monitor, but not because anything was wrong. I just wanted reassurance my baby was alive. To hear my unborn daughter’s […]
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BARONE: What the Democratic trifecta hath wrought
America has just exited a biennium of Democratic trifecta — control by the nation’s and the world’s oldest political party of the White House and majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives. It is […]
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THE WORD: Living up to lofty standards
You say that you cannot live up to the things you read in the Bible and in Christian books. I know of no one who can do so. The Bible sets before us very lofty […]
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HARSANYI: On classified documents, Joe Biden is out of excuses
Every president probably stashes away classified documents. The chances of any president being successfully prosecuted for pilfering them are infinitesimal. Nevertheless, Joe Biden has engaged in the same behavior as Donald Trump — perhaps worse, […]
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HURST: New Congress presents opportunity for North Carolina
Now that a Speaker of the House has been elected, the country’s political attention is shifting toward what the new session of Congress can accomplish before the next election cycle kicks into high gear. While […]