Recently I was asked: Why should one emphasize North Carolina’s cultural and political history? Here are some answers. The study of North Carolina can help North Carolinians understand who they are. Many people are interested […]
This year marks the sesquicentennial anniversary of the 1868 North Carolina Constitution. Although there were conventions that drastically changed the state’s constitution in 1835 and 1875, the Old North State has had three constitutions: 1776, […]
Steven Spielberg has made a new movie glorifying The Washington Post and how it rallied against then-President Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War in the Pentagon Papers court fight of 1971. It’s simply called “The […]
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Bill (TCJA) of 2017 is now law. What next? The first thing every taxpayer should say out loud is this: “It is my money first, not the government’s!” Every […]
“I think we’ve got the House,” one California Democrat said to me not long ago. “It’s the Senate we need to focus on.” I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Cry, I think. This […]
A frequent point I have made in past columns has been about the educational travesty happening on many college campuses. Some people have labeled my observations and concerns as trivial, unimportant and cherry-picking. While […]
As we say goodbye to 2017, North Carolinians are completing a year of triumph and growth. We are also completing a year of self-inflicted wounds and disaster recovery. We witnessed the Tar Heels of UNC […]
North Carolina history enthusiasts have definitely heard of Zebulon B. Vance, the Confederate colonel turned wartime governor in 1862. Many have also heard of John W. Ellis, the longtime politician and judge who died during […]
Here’s a novel idea for every member of Congress who said they voted against the tax reform bill, in part or in whole, because it would “explode the national debt” by $1 trillion over 10 […]
Officials in Catalonia, Spain’s richest and most highly industrialized region, whose capital is Barcelona, recently held a referendum in which there was a 92 percent vote in favor of independence from Spain. The Spanish authorities […]
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