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Fiction can be a teaching tool
“It is a delight!” That’s what a recent reviewer said about my novel Mountain Folk, which she called an “entertaining and instructive” blend of American history, folklore, and fantasy. “As a long-time teacher of middle school and high school students,” she wrote, “I think Mountain Folk would be a great addition to school reading lists.”...
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Free speech or extortion?
In recent weeks, pro-Palestinian protests have roiled college campuses nationwide. In many instances, protests led to encampments, which in some instances resulted in takeovers of university grounds, facilities, and buildings. Thus far, North Carolina’s colleges and universities have been spared the worst effects of the protests and rioting, thanks in no small part to quick...
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The continuing good sense of North Carolina voters
The latest Carolina Journal poll was a satisfying reminder of the continuing good sense of residents of my adopted home (in great contrast to where I grew up inside the DC Beltway). Their common sense shone through especially on questions related to economics and the role of government. With the state anticipating a $1-billion surplus,...
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Biden’s latest vehicle regulation will ban most new gas cars by 2032
By all accounts, President Biden is going to be spending a lot more time in North Carolina. But I’d wager to guess he won’t say a thing during his visits about what his administration has just done to ban most new gas, diesel and traditional hybrid vehicles by 2032. If this is news to you,...
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Government success?
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Protecting the homeland starts at home
When asked what the biggest issue is influencing their voting decisions this election year, more voters across North Carolina chose “immigration” than any other option, even over the ever-relevant economy, according to a recent Carolina Journal poll. It’s an understandable area for concern; illegal immigration through our nation’s southern border has skyrocketed in the last...
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Elites failing iconic American institutions
Critical American institutions are crumbing before our eyes because the intellectual elites charged with caring for those institutions are failing on a grand scale. In academia, business, and government people in critical leadership positions are failing the most basic responsibilities and across the spectrum. Students, stockholders, customers, and citizens are suffering failure, as is the culture...
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Self sanctions
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On Charlotte murders, Biden blew it
When officers from the US Marshal Service, the NC Department of Adult Correction, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, and other agencies approached a home in eastern Charlotte on April 29, their purpose was to serve warrants on a fugitive named Terry Clark Hughes Jr. The fugitive fought back, costing four men their lives: Adult Correction officers...
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Battling against activism in school ‘Battle of the Books’ selections
Should activism be promoted in classrooms? Most of the general population would say, no, it does NOT belong. But the actions of outside organizations with powerful influence on education are worrisome to parents across the state. The question becomes, how do we stop it? There is a statewide competition for public schools in North Carolina called the...
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No one should miss Cooper’s misuse of ‘giveaway’
With Gov. Roy Cooper set to leave office at the end of the year, perhaps we'll hear more honesty from the Executive Mansion about tax rate cuts and targeted incentives.
