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Aaron Sibarium writes for the Washington Free Beacon about one veteran’s disturbing encounter with left-wing higher education. David Blackman, a native of Plano, Texas, was thrilled to be starting law…
Due to years of prudent fiscal policies, when Hurricane Helene stormed through the Appalachian Mountains, the state’s Savings and Disaster Relief Reserves contained $4.75 billion and $732.6 million, respectively.
In the beautiful foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Asheville, North Carolina has seen a staggering 31% surge in violent crime recently. Some of these acts include homicides, robberies, drug activity and more,…
Michael Barone of the Washington Examiner explains why he doesn’t put much stock into current chatter about the Republican Party’s pending demise. When you’ve been consuming and producing political commentary…
In a recent piece at Quillette, William Ray provides a fascinating discussion of the origin and implications of the left’s current obsession with “white privilege.” Ray begins by noting: The…
The National Council on Teacher Quality released their annual Teacher Prep Review rankings last week. High Point University was the top North Carolina university in the undergraduate elementary category. In…
Columbia University professor John McWhorter gleans interesting insights from a new memoir tackling “hillbilly” culture. For a book arguing that poor Americans have control over the trajectory of their lives…
At City Journal, Aaron Renn has published a review of J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy. It’s interesting throughout, but I found the following excerpt particularly insightful: For the Left, the unpleasant truth is what…
Appalachian State University is one of the nation’s 300 “Best College Values,” according to Kiplinger’s. According to the US Department of Education, there are over 4800 colleges and universities in…
If we think about much beyond fireworks and parades on July 4, we likely remember the date as the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Few dwell on the fact…
Victor Davis Hanson‘s latest column at National Review Online attempts to help explain why Democrats fared so poorly nationally in the last election. In our vast nation of 320 million…
Richard Norton Smith examines for TIME readers the tensions among contrasting elements within the Republican Party. Obama … occupies a unique historical position. No mere presidential polarizer, nearly six years…