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NC Medicaid expansion: A political loser then and now

The television ad run against State Sen. Bob Steinburg was brutal. The ad accused Steinburg, R-Chowan, of being responsible for the closure of a rural hospital, leading to a woman’s death due to heart issues.  Visuals in the ad include the woman’s husband visiting her gravesite. The message was clear: Steinburg was killing people by...

Dallas Woodhouse

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We can’t solve societal ills without strong fathers

We are living in an unprecedented time in American history. Never before have we had so many social issues or ills. From gun violence, teen pregnancy, incarceration, drug abuse, and the list goes on and on. As you read this, you are adding problems to the list yourself. If you just stop and think about...

Jeff Zenger
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Democrats, allies make clear: rules different for GOP justices

The current actions of the Democrat majority on the state Supreme Court, their liberal activist supporters, and the editorial writers of the state’s largest newspapers have made their position clear. Hundreds of years of precedent, tradition, and the written code of judicial ethics do not apply to you if you are elected by the citizens...

Dallas Woodhouse
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The music nearly died. Let’s not let it happen again

“The day the music died.” I thought about that song a lot last year. The music didn’t die then, exactly, but rather faded like that final guitar riff, the one before the band waves and turns its collective back on the crowd, who stay hoping the lights don’t come on. Not yet, they plead. One...

John Trump