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HILL: The idea of America
What are we voting for anyway? The most important race is, of course, for president. Presidents set the tone by what they say and which policies they endorse. In 1980, President Ronald Reagan turned the […]
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MCMAHON: Putting North Carolina first
As a native of New Bern, North Carolina, I know firsthand that my fellow North Carolinians are some of the most hard-working, tough, and innovative people in the country. As communities across the state recover […]
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HILL: The dangers of selective ‘indignation!’ when it comes to voting
I was talking to a dear friend recently who has spent a lifetime in conscientious contemplation of life’s mysteries within the scope of the Christian Gospel. He wanted to talk about the recent revelations about […]
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HILL: Cats, ducks and puppy dogs
Why does anyone doubt claims by pet owners in Springfield, Ohio, who say their cats, ducks and dogs are being eaten by people who have entered the U.S. illegally? Why would the average citizen talk […]
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HILL: The dumbest tax proposal in history
The problem with really bad ideas in politics is the people who propose them sometimes get elected. One of the worst ideas is the Kamala Harris proposal to tax the unrealized gains of stocks owned […]
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HILL: America’s secular First Commandment
In America, we have a secular First “Commandment”: Speak your mind. To put it in cross-disciplinary terms, it would be “sinful” not to express your opinion, thoughts or ideas on any sundry subject. After all, […]
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HILL: Call me Ishmael
“Call me Ishmael” is one of the most famous opening lines to any of the more than 150 million books ever published in recorded history. I just read it for the first time in the […]
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HILL: Character vs. policy: What is more important in a candidate?
Imagine the following resume for a so-called “perfect” candidate for president, especially if you are a moderate-to-conservative Christian in either party. A distinguished person who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with honors in engineering. […]
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HILL: Report from Wisconsin
We just returned from a week in Door County, Wisconsin, tracing my wife’s family history with the establishment of the cherry orchards in the late 1800s up there above the 45th parallel. The 45th parallel […]
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HILL: Oh, to be ‘unburdened’ by progressive socialists any longer
No, I am not the new president of a resurrected John Birch Society. But unless a well-respected and trusted older mainline nonprogressive socialist Democrat can prove the following comments are not valid, I am not […]