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HILL: Word revolutions
Revolutions don’t “just happen.” In modern times, there is always a written document ― a book, a speech, a pamphlet or a constitution ― which has been widely circulated and read before a revolution has […]
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HILL: What progressives get wrong in their narrative about conservatives
Progressive liberal Democrats think every conservative is a fascist who is “just dying” to take over government and run things like Italian strongman fascist leader Benito Mussolini did before World War II. To assert American […]
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HILL: What’s at stake in this fall’s elections
It seems as if Republican political “attack” ads would be very easy to write for this fall’s elections. The ads could write themselves at every level: “If you love inflation, vote for (insert Democrat opponent […]
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HILL: Murder in Memphis
Popular culture reflects American moods and values. Sometimes it precedes changes in public opinion and, in many ways, helps shape it. In the late 1960s, a wave of lawlessness and crime swept the nation. The […]
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HILL: Biden’s hellfire speech
President Joe Biden gave a “Soul of the Nation” speech in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia the Thursday night before Labor Day. Biden might as well have called it his “soul-less” speech and delivered […]
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HILL: Democrats don’t know what they don’t know about economics
Ronald Reagan would charitably say of Democrats: “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.” It is actually much worse. Modern Democrats […]
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HILL: “What is it that should bind us to this place as no other?”
On Oct. 12, 1993, CBS “On The Road” host and UNC alum, Charles Kuralt delivered a fawning paean to the liberalism of UNC-Chapel Hill on its 200th anniversary. Many UNC leaders and alums view Chapel […]
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HILL: Don’t say the FBI is not political
Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover investigated John Lennon of the Beatles for being a subversive element to the United States. Hoover and President Lyndon Johnson worried Lennon would hurt LBJ’s reelection chances in 1968. […]
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HILL: Sticky Krispy Kreme inflation
We took our grandson to Krispy Kreme the other morning for the requisite grandparent bonding. He wanted a yellow one; a plain one and a chocolate one so we figured we could get a half-dozen […]
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HILL: Doing business with bad people
A lot is being made of top PGA golfers jumping to the LIV Tour for monumental amounts of money. It brings to mind conflicting thoughts: 1) Shouldn’t any American be free to make as money […]