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The Word: Brace up
When a person has suffered a loss, an accident, or a bereavement, friends often say, “Brace up — be a man.” By this, they mean: “Summon your courage and will to endure. Gather your inner […]
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JOECKS: Newsom’s presidential launch is a riot
Most governors would see looting, mayhem and attacks on police officers as problems to fix. California Gov. Gavin Newsom sees them as a means to boosting his presidential ambitions. After several days of violent riots […]
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MOORE: Why the CBO almost always gets it wrong
These days it seems that a mysterious group called “the CBO” rules the world, or at least Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, it’s not very good at predicting things, and its bad calls can lead to bad […]
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HARSANYI: Greta Thunberg, useful idiot for Hamas
Professional leftist Greta Thunberg was brought to Israel this week after the “selfie yacht” she was traveling on attempted to break through a naval blockade of Gaza. Her boat, the “Madleen,” was part of a […]
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GINGRICH: Who governs America?
Riots in defense of illegal immigration in Los Angeles are finally being quelled by President Donald J. Trump’s decision to send in federal forces. But there are signs that Chicago, Atlanta and other major cities […]
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STAM: The logical fallacy of WUNC’s attack on Opportunity Scholarships
On June 5, WUNC published an article with this headline: Report shows most NC voucher recipients already attended private school — here’s why that matters. The N.C. Public Radio station then linked to the article […]
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The Word: Is God our friend?
I suppose more songs have been written on the subject of God being our friend than on any other topic. We sing the old song, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” and we do […]
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DION: Six things I did before the apocalypse
Old guys like me always believe the world is getting worse. You’re young and strong and you’re hell in a fistfight, and you figure if you lose your white-collar job, you can just go tend […]
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JACKSON: Amazon data center is a big win for the region
Amazon’s commitment to invest $10 billion in a cloud computing and artificial intelligence data center campus in Richmond County signals a transformative era for the Sandhills region. Located in Hamlet’s Energy Way Industrial Park, this […]
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GINGRICH: Balancing the budget through better health
Everyone who cares about the lives and health of our fellow Americans should read the Make America Healthy Again Commission’s Make Our Children Healthy Again report. It is a devastating 72-page outline of the steady […]