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Poultry communities support poultry farmers

Poultry farmers are an important part of their communities. Some have been raising chickens there for generations.  But McClatchy’s big-city papers ran a series of stories in December attacking North Carolina’s poultry industry. The papers did so using secretive donations from a mysterious climate activist organization called One Earth Fund. Google’s Data-Driven Reporting Project (unknowingly?)...

Peter Daniel
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Oh, let him build his pirate ship

NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH — It’s still a free country. We all enjoy the right to vacation as we see fit. For my family, summer vacation means a week of sun, sand, and surf in Onslow County. For me, it means staying inside to read, write, and play board games. When I do venture outdoors, for...

John Hood
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Slacken the ropes. Let’s sail to even more liberty in NC

Sailing in Carolina in the summer: nothing like it in the world. But I’m not talking about a sense of freedom one enjoys in the salty sea air. I’m talking about liberty, which one is endowed with by Almighty God. There is a strong current of freedom moving through the Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal plains...

Michael A. Milton

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Former UNC Coach Sylvia Hatchell: Males should not compete on women’s teams

I support transgender athletes right to gender identify as they see fit; however, competitive sport is one of the few places in society where sex differences matter. For this reason, transgender males should not compete on women’s teams. It isn’t fair to women athletes, and it completely undoes much of the progress achieved through Title...

Sylvia Hatchell
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Elections bill ignores state constitution

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have legitimate grievances against the Democrat-controlled State Board of Elections. The latter has abused its power in overtly partisan ways in recent years, most egregiously by striking a collusive settlement with Democratic attorney Marc Elias and Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein in 2020 to change our election procedures in direct...

John Hood
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Addressing the menace of gang and gun violence in North Carolina

Car break ins, theft, assaults, and even murders are on the rise across North Carolina.  The number of North Carolina youth charged with committing violent crimes in 2022 — such as robberies, homicides, and shootings — rose 9% to 990 individuals. Youth violence had been on the decline since the 1980’s, but nationally have seen...

Algenon Cash