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KRAWIEC: Random ramblings
Alexander Solzhenitsyn said, “We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know that we know they are lying. We know that they know we know they are lying. And still they continue […]
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NC House forms Select Committee on Helene Recovery
RALEIGH — The North Carolina House of Representatives announced a new select subcommittee specific to Hurricane Helene efforts. House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) made the announcement last week and named Reps. Dudley Greene (R-McDowell) […]
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The Stream: Paris, Nicole reunite; Romano, Kudrow team up; Snoop Dogg drops 20th album
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WATKINS: Approaching national bankruptcy and the wisdom of the Anti-Federalists
The 2024 election is in the rearview mirror. Republicans, for the most part, rejoice at the change of leadership. Democrats, on the other hand, mourn as their functionaries pack bags and leave Washington, D.C. The […]
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MULLIGAN: The producers aren’t giving up — they’re here to fix America
In “Atlas Shrugged,” Ayn Rand imagines a world where society’s most innovative thinkers — the “producers” — are worn down by government interference, crushed under regulations and ultimately driven to walk away. These producers — […]
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This week in history: Dec. 12-18
These transformational events in history happened this week. Dec. 12 1870: Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina became the first black lawmaker sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives. 2000: George W. Bush became president-elect […]
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Birthdays this week: Dec.12-18
These celebrities have birthdays this week. Dec.12 Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Pettit is 92. Singer Connie Francis is 87. Singer Dionne Warwick is 84. Hall of Fame race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi is 78. […]
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Heel turn: UNC welcomes Belichick
If one moment captured just how surreal the scene was in Chapel Hill on Thursday, it was this: Bill Belichick cut himself off mid-sentence and apologized. “That’s a long answer to a short question,” he […]
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Lara Trump leaves RNC, eyes Senate
Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee as she considers a number of potential options with her father-in-law, President-elect Donald Trump, set to return to the White House. Among those […]
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The past and future of Greensboro’s Carolina Theater
GREENSBORO — Billed as “The Showplace of the Carolinas,” the Carolina Theater opened its doors on Halloween night, 1927. In cultured metropolitan cities around the country, theaters of opulent design were commonplace. It was the […]