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Philip Klein writes for National Review Online about one US senator’s latest campaign outside electoral politics. Senator Ted Cruz is trying to wake people up to what he sees as…
(Note: This piece was originally posted in 2018 under the title “Remembering World War One.” I’ve started reposting it every year because we need to remember the first world war,…
(Note: This piece was originally posted in 2018. I’m reposting it because much of what I said then remains relevant and important today.) Just over one hundred years ago—on November…
There have been 100+ lawsuits filed nationwide already challenging voter regulations and the possible results of the 2022 midterm elections. It’s a sign that all the claims of so-called voter…
Dallas Woodhouse reports for Carolina Journal Online about a tentative N.C. state budget deal that does not involve Gov. Roy Cooper. Woodhouse also reports on U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s possible…
Two years ago, in a Veterans Day piece called “Remembering World War I,” I suggested that the Great War and its aftermath has something important to teach us about the value…
Just over one hundred years ago—on November 11th, 1918—Germany signed the Armistice that brought World War I to an end. Propagandists’ high-flown rhetoric notwithstanding (“the war to end all wars,”…
The Roanoke Rapids Theatre, established more than a decade ago by the city as a venue featuring Dolly Parton’s brother Randy, soon will reopen and has announced a slate of…
We are free because courageous men and women have put country first. Let’s thank them all and remember what it is we’re fighting to preserve.
View in your browser. Welcome Our nation celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday. But did you know that public school students in North Carolina used to celebrate National…
Once again, Hendersonville shows its hometown spirit. The headlines today are dominated by articles honoring veterans. Down in that town, veterans are people who were willing to die so that…