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Griffin Kelly, Matthew Sedacca, and Melissa Klein report for the New York Post about a disturbing development in the Big Apple. New York City school kids are losing their minds…
Ryan Streeter writes about the latest evidence of people voting with their feet. The recent cascading announcements by companies such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Oracle Corp., Boeing Co., Citadel, among…
Ryan Streeter and Kawit Promrat write for Real Clear Policy about one interesting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. An unforeseen outcome of the pandemic is what we might call “urban…
I love seeing stories of companies that choose North Carolina, not because of a state incentive package, but because they just see all that we have to offer. Just such…
Sarah Hoyt reminds readers at PJMedia.com that people in the United States of America enjoy the greatest level of comfort in the history of civilization. The thing is, you stack…
I do not speak well of Asheville City Council’s Strategic Operating Plan. So much for English, the resolution to adopt it reads: NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY…
The Polk County Commissioners approved $22,268 in quality-of-life improvements for the local jail. The decision followed bad reports from both the state and the local health department. I don’t mind,…
According to a Gallup-Healthways survey, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, N.C is America’s 5th most miserable metropolitan area/city. Here is the explanation: Roughly 51% of residents in the Hickory region of North Carolina were…
According to a North Carolina based real-estate company, Movoto, they have compiled a ranking of the top ten places to retire in North Carolina. They only chose cities with a…
People have problems reading the Constitution. One excuse is lack of clarity on original intent. So what will our leaders do 200 years down the road when they have to…
View in your browser. Last week I saw a headline, "City Searches For Ways to Ease Budget Crunch" in the Winston-Salem Journal, and I remembered a headline I saw not…
An outside observer reading the headlines might say of WNC, “It’s a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there.” An outside observer reading the copy might…