News
All roads lead to Ronda: Italian-style vineyards aim to put NC wine on map
In the tiny town of Ronda, an Italian-style winemaking movement seeks to restore the NC to its pre-Prohibition grandeur.
News
Walker named to Trump State Department role on global religious freedom
President Donald Trump has appointed former North Carolina Congressman Mark Walker as Principal Advisor for Global Religious Freedom in the US Department of State. Walker had been awaiting US Senate confirmation for Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom after being nominated by Trump in April of 2025. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Jim Risch reportedly...
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Tariffs create uncertainty in NC steel industry
The recent tariffs and trade war have caused rampant uncertainty in the international market, significantly impacting US steel manufacturers.
Opinion
VE Day is not just memory. It’s a mandate.
Americans should ask: Are we still a people who believe freedom is worth sacrifice? Do we still see leadership as service, not dominion? Are we still a nation capable of moral resolve?
Opinion
Tariffs: A path to liberation or recession?
Will April 2 be a day remembered for liberation or recession? I cannot think of a single thing from which these tariffs will liberate us.
News
NC Zoo voted ‘best zoo’ in the country
North Carolina Zoo named "Best Zoo."
News
Over half of VinFast’s vehicles have been sold to itself
VinFast, the electric vehicle maker with plans to open a $4 billion manufacturing plant in Chatham County in 2025, has sold 11,300 vehicles during the first half of 2023. While that would usually be good news, here’s the kicker: more than half, 7,100, were sold to itself.
Opinion
Affirmative action never solved structural issues. It only served to mask them.
The impending decision of Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina may end or curtail affirmative action. But, in addition to this question of whether or not the practice is constitutional, we should also be asking ourselves whether or not it even works. When originally conceived, as part of Executive Order 11246 issued...
Opinion
Of course books can be dangerous
A thought occurred to me as I was traveling through the North Carolina Piedmont last week. The notion didn’t have to do with my location but was instead prompted by the lecture I was listening to on the way. It was one of an excellent series on the world’s political hot spots issued by a...
Opinion
With climate emissions, Americans are not the problem
Editor’s Note: This piece is adapted from a column that first appeared in the American Institute for Economic Research. IMPOVERISHING US IS NOT THE SOLUTION The Biden administration’s term of choice for the ridiculously named Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is “historic.” One reason is its “climate change” promises. The monetary costs alone are enormous, which is strangely a point of...
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U.S. slips in economic freedom rankings; Canada in freefall
With an ever-expanding federal government, the U.S. has fallen out of the top five countries for economic freedom, according to a new report from the Fraser Institute. America now ranks as No. 6, behind Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Georgia. The U.S. ranked particularly poorly in its size of government and freedom to...
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Diverse crowd gathers in Durham to protest federal immigration policies
As he recited a saying from fugitive cop killer Assata Shakur, Bryan Proffitt’s voice steadily rose above the placard-carrying crowd Friday morning in downtown Durham. A diverse group of more than 100 heard Proffitt and a series of speakers spread a message of peace, love, common humanity — and strident opposition to the Trump administration’s...
