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KRAWIEC: Thanksgiving, family and politics
As I write this, my turkey is in the oven and the table is set. It’s Thanksgiving Day. By the time you read this, you will be creatively finding ways to use the leftovers. I […]
Articles by Sen. Joyce Krawiec
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FELTS: Thrift Savings Plans for all Americans
Throughout my almost 30-year career, I’ve had the opportunity to serve our government in several roles and capacities — from the White House to Afghanistan to my home state of North Carolina. My unique experiences […]
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Gobble this up: NC No. 2 in nation for turkey production
North Carolina turkeys have been a staple of Thanksgiving dinners around the country for decades. A few, however, have been lucky enough to receive the presidential “pardon,” a tradition celebrated on the White House lawn […]
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JOECKS: Debunking the left’s deportation hysteria
Illegal immigration activists are already panicked that Donald Trump will keep one of his biggest campaign promises. Trump recently announced that Tom Homan will be his “border czar.” Homan isn’t a household name, but he’s […]
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MOORE: Breaking up Google will be a great American catastrophe
Earlier this year, in one of the most absurd court rulings in modern times, federal judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google violated U.S. antitrust law by gaining a monopoly in the search engine markets. In […]
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LINCOLN: Meditation on the Divine Will
Washington, D.C. September 1862 The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. God cannot be […]
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KRAWIEC: Slaying the monster
Since the end of 2024 is looming, many of us are getting tax information together. That is one of the least favorite jobs in the universe. Last week, I dug into the tremendous waste in […]
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HARSANYI: Don’t trash the Constitution to dunk on the liberals
“All the right people are angry.” This is what MAGA will tell you when you point out that President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., […]
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The Word: A Thanksgiving Proclamation
“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord.” More than three centuries ago, the Pilgrims, after a year of hardship and peril, humbly and reverently set aside a special day upon which […]
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LOVELL: Deconstruction Era
The Reconstruction Era, following the Civil War until about 1900, challenged the country to reconstitute the Union North and the Confederate South into the “Re-United” States. History gives this effort mixed reviews. The South experienced […]