Since end of Reconstruction in 1877, a Republican candidate has been elected North Carolina’s attorney general precisely one time, in 1896. Two other Republicans served briefly in the office, but only by appointment. Starting in the 1960s, North Carolina Republicans gradually closed their longstanding competitiveness gap with Democrats. First the GOP picked up legislative and...
The N.C. House voted unanimously Wednesday, Aug. 25, to pass a resolution urging Congress and the Biden administration to take additional steps to ensure all U.S. troops, American citizens, and Afghan allies are evacuated from Afghanistan before withdrawing a U.S. presence there. The resolution comes on the heels of a decision by the Biden administration...
When I reflect on the “Greatest Generation,” I’m always amazed at the selflessness which characterized them. Men and women stood tall, rolled up their sleeves — and fought in Europe and the Pacific, saving the world from tyranny. They knew the stakes, they understood their mission in combat or back home, and fought or worked...
RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory announced Friday that the state would contribute $100,000 toward developing a traveling exhibit honoring and memorializing the Persian Gulf War, which began 25 years ago. McCrory said 75,000 people from North Carolina’s military bases were sent to Kuwait and the surrounding region to support the war effort.
Our 41st president exemplified the selflessness and sense of duty shown by so many of the "Greatest Generation."
RALEIGH — Author Karl Zinsmeister, speaking at a luncheon last week in Raleigh, discussed his experiences during the Iraq war as a embedded reporter with the 82nd Airborne. He said that the war often tested soldiers' ability to make clear moral choices, such as when the enemy hid behind women and children or barricaded themselves in hospitals and schools. He came away impressed by the Army’s ability to improvise combat operations while minimizing civilian casualties. Most soldiers maintained an idealistic view, with “I Love NY” and “NYPD” emblems frequently visible on vehicles and apparel.
Iraq has seen more than its share of war over millennia of recorded history. But as America prepares to invade, this time war may be accompanied by freedom and rebirth in the cradle of civilization.
The explanation for international differences in personal income cannot be found in race, geography, or imperial history. According to the available data, the answer is freedom — the more you have, well, the more you have.
There were plenty of comparisons made to Nazis and other totalitarian regimes at the University of North Carolina's "teach-in" held in response to the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, but the focus of the comparisons wasn't Osama bin Laden or terrorists in general, but the United States of America.
