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Rising violence and other outrageous stories

‘The View’s’ Joy Behar unaware that black Americans own guns too Why do so many white liberals treat black folk like pets or mascots? Not to mention the sheer stupidity of Behar’s comments. Racism is alive and well but not always in the way the corporate media likes to explain it. Seven new Hunter Biden...

Ray Nothstine
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House of Cards: A cynical guide to the Jan. 6 hearings broadcast

Tonight, the first of six public Jan. 6 hearings will air in prime time on all major news channels. The hearings are the result of a multi-million-dollar investigation by the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack. It was formed by a house resolution that passed the chamber 252-175, with 35 Republicans...

Donna King

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Why conservatives should not ‘compromise’ on ‘reasonable’ gun control

Given recent tragedies, some conservatives say “universal background checks” (UBCs) and “red flag” gun confiscation orders (GCOs) aren’t so bad and perhaps we should “compromise.” Ignoring, momentarily, that neither measure would prevent mass killings (since most involve gang killings, not active shooters) and that their inevitable failure will have gun ban advocates clamoring for more,...

F. Paul Valone
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Roy Cooper is the wrong kind of Democrat

When your political party has no bench to speak of, then any “purple state” governor warrants a second look, and that makes Gov. Roy Cooper a potential presidential candidate. Yet Gov. Cooper has a problem because he’s a Clinton Democrat. To be fair, his ideology gives Cooper few viable options, because “Biden Democrats” are more elusive...

Patrick O’Hannigan
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We should do more for entrepreneurs

When it comes to fostering new businesses, North Carolina is doing better than average — but not as well as we could be. That’s a fair reading of the latest Indicators of Entrepreneurship report from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Its composite index ranked North Carolina 15th in the nation last year in entrepreneurial activity....

John Hood