News
The legend of North Carolina’s most famous mother
NC native Anna Whistler’s portrait (and life) still captivate 150 years later.
Opinion
Federalist 18: Insufficiency of Present Confederation to Preserve Union cont..
As a weak government, when not at war, is ever agitated by internal dissentions, so these never fail to bring on fresh calamities from abroad.
Opinion
Celebrating the late birthday of NC women’s right to vote
By 1971, however, feminism and women’s rights were emerging issues, and North Carolina had not ratified women’s most basic political right, the right to vote.
Opinion
Federalist 17: Insufficiency of Present Confederation to Preserve Union cont..
It will always be far more easy for the State governments to encroach upon the national authorities than for the national government to encroach upon the State authorities. The proof of this proposition turns upon the greater degree of influence which the State governments if they administer their affairs with uprightness and prudence, will generally possess over the people
News
‘Andre the Giant’ marker puts smalltown Ellerbe into spotlight
His decision to settle in Ellerbe, about 90-minutes east of Charlotte, where he rode four-wheelers and attended pig-pickings, seemed, to many, downright inconceivable.
Opinion
Federalist 16: Insufficiency of Present Confederation to Preserve Union cont..
It is in vain to hope to guard against events too mighty for human foresight or precaution, and it would be idle to object to a government because it could not perform impossibilities.
Opinion
Federalist 15: Insufficiency of Present Confederation to Preserve Union
Each State, yielding to the persuasive voice of immediate interest or convenience, has successively withdrawn its support, till the frail and tottering edifice seems ready to fall upon our heads, and to crush us beneath its ruins.
News
250 years later, Halifax Resolves still shape NC’s place in history
On the 250th anniversary of the Halifax Resolves, North Carolina highlights its early leadership in the push for independence and its lasting historical impact.
Opinion
Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered
It is to be remembered that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws. Its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects
News
Council of State holds meeting at historic Halifax
Gov. Josh Stein opened the April Council of State meeting with a nod to history, but the day’s most urgent message centered on a present-day threat: wildfires burning across North Carolina.
Opinion
Flashback: NC’s Easter Monday tradition forged on the baseball diamond
On Good Friday state offices were closed in North Carolina for Holy Week, along with 10 other states. However, that has not always been the case in North Carolina. The Monday after Easter — rather than Good Friday — was a legal holiday in North Carolina for 52 years, and for many years before by...
Opinion
Seeking a path between warehousing and enabling the troubled
America is alone among developed nations in allowing the kind of disorder being tolerated on Raleigh's Glenwood South, on the Charlotte transit system, and in countless other cities.
