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Government numbers skew debate over American inequality
Americans can have a better debate about inequality with a clearer grasp of the facts.
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FAA flounders
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Why I’m suing the NC Department of Public Instruction
Teachers are fired nearly every day in America, for all kinds of reasons. None should include a teacher’s doing exactly what he was hired to do and had done without complaint several times before. That, however, was my experience in losing my job of eight years teaching at the North Carolina Governor’s School, a residential...
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How North Carolina can expand opportunity
Having enacted major reforms of North Carolina’s tax code, regulatory system, budgeting process, transportation funding, and education system over the past dozen years, what should the General Assembly do next? Phil Berger wants to double down on the legislature’s impressive record of conservative policy innovation. “We must build on that success so future generations of...
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A new opportunity for pro-freedom policy
Despite a nationwide underperformance by Republicans, North Carolina Republicans made meaningful gains, picking up two seats in both the state Senate and House. The change in legislative composition presents additional opportunities for lawmakers to continue their decade-long record of successful governing and increasing freedom for all North Carolinians. As is the case every two years,...
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Job too big for Buttigieg
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Pedophile hunters, Golden Globes, and gas stove bans: outrageous stories of the week
Earlier this week, Winston-Salem released information about four men involved in a June 2022 fight at a Target store and about the warrants against them. Three of the men were part of a pedophile-hunting vigilante group known as “Dads Against Predators” (DAP), which poses as underage children to lure online pedophiles into the open. Once...
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Lawsuit: Big Media and Big Tech conspired to block COVID news
An anti-trust lawsuit was filed this week against legacy media giants and big tech companies for their collusive agreement to shut down anti-vaccine coverage during the height of the COVID pandemic. Associated Press, Reuters, BBC, Washington Post, Meta, Microsoft, and Google censored coverage questioning the safety and efficacy of COVID vaccines.
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Bishop secures committee to investigate ‘Deep State.’ What could it uncover?
Now that the dust has settled from Kevin McCarthy's speaker election, second-term congressman from the Charlotte area Dan Bishop may have played the most significant role. After voting "nay" on McCarthy's speakership for 11 cycles, Bishop changed to an "aye" on the promise of a new committee investigating the activities of federal intelligence agencies like the FBI and NSA.
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Biden re-election
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Who protects ‘our lambs’ from being slaughtered at school?
As the second half of the 2022-2023 school year begins, school safety remains among the most important topics to discuss. Some questions parents should consider are: What is your child’s life worth? Who do you want disarming a school shooter — someone with zero training related to that scenario or someone with extensive training? In...
