Media headlines lately have been dominated by the Democrat Party presidential primary and the mind-numbing 20-plus candidates vying for the 2020 nomination. In the recent Democrat debates, many of the candidates attempted to portray a […]
To properly manage investment risk, it helps to pay attention to factors many investors ignore or by default embrace because they invest arbitrarily in index funds. In this note, scrutiny is drawn to one potential […]
Dr. Joan Perry of Kinston lost a runoff election for Congress last week in the Third Congressional District which runs down almost the entire coast of North Carolina. State Representative Dr. Greg Murphy of Greenville will be the Republican candidate running to fill […]
What constitutes a crime in North Carolina isn’t as obvious as you’d think, thanks to our confusing and ineffective criminal code. Sometimes our code lets the guilty walk free. Other times it ensnares a person, like […]
Over the past 78 years since World War II began in 1941, how many U.S. senators has North Carolina elected to send to Washington? Answer: 18. Go ahead. See you if can list them from memory: Bailey, Reynolds, Broughton, Hoey, Smith, Ervin, Scott, Jordan, Helms, Morgan, East, Sanford, Faircloth, Edwards, […]
In his first two years in office Governor Cooper held a press conference surrounded by his far-left supporters to announce his intention to veto the budget passed by the General Assembly. And this year, for […]
North Carolinians face enough obstacles accessing high-quality, affordable health care as it is without imposing additional cost burdens that discourage patients from seeking the treatments they need. As hospitals and health care providers continue the […]
July 4 around the globe is like any other day in any particular country. No fireworks. No parades. No cookouts. No memorial prayer services. Had John Adams had his way, the Fourth of July would be the same in America today. He […]
You can pretty much guarantee that year after year, teachers’ unions and their allies will make one claim: —Our public school teachers are not paid enough and our public schools are underfunded. It is happening […]
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering two cases pertaining to gerrymandering, and its rulings are eagerly awaited by those concerned about the practice. Many commentators take it as axiomatic that gerrymandering is an ongoing scandal, but how problematic is it? The case is not as straightforward as it may first […]
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