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Let’s try grownups this time
With only a few days left to cast ballots in the 2022 primaries, most North Carolinians are worried and frustrated. Many are furious. Some 62% of voters responding to a recent High Point University poll said the country had “gotten pretty seriously off on the wrong track.” Even higher shares of state voters said something...
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Racism is dead.
Racism is dead. And progressives have killed it. However, you will see no celebration for this monumental occasion. You will see no victory lap from progressives. This is soul-crushing news for progressives as they are forced to confront their existential crisis. I have been meditating on the idea that racism is dead as a cultural...
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The rising water
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Biden staff launching racist ‘microaggressions’ at Kamala and other outrageous stories
Below are a few of the stories that caught my eye this week. I’m kind of wondering now what the next crazy Madison Cawthorn story is that will drop in the news cycle. Your guess is probably as good as mine. Biden says MAGA ‘most extreme’ group in recent US history, warns gays may face...
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A ‘Conservative Spring’ in 2022
The word “spring” is often tacked on to political moments when a repressive status quo crumbles and a new era of hope emerges. The “Springtime of Nations” in 1848 was one of the largest political shifts in history, as European nations rebelled against monarchy and other traditional institutions, which they replaced with flatter, more-democratic structures....
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The question
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Will NC offer automatic wins for Trump endorsed candidates?
Political endorsements have fallen by the wayside in recent years — unless it means the backing of Donald Trump.
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UNC project needs realistic goals
About a million North Carolinians have spent some time in college but left without obtaining a degree. Policymakers at the University of North Carolina system and the General Assembly see these non-completers as an enormous opportunity, an untapped resource of potential professionals, leaders, and entrepreneurs. Policymakers also see private and out-of-state institutions scrambling to help...
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The Democrat primary that the GOP should fear
A Democrat, Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman is being targeted by groups in the progressive wing of her party who want to institute some of the liberal criminal justice reform policies that have plagued cities across the country.
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For the children
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The 1st Congressional District gives voters a series of real, important choices
I envy the folks in the 1st Congressional District. Living as I do in the 2nd District in Wake County, I am represented by a well-entrenched incumbent Democrat. But it does not matter that she is an incumbent. The district is so heavily tilted towards the Democrats that a Republican can’t win here. That is not...
