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House passes the Farmland and Military Protection Act
The NC Farmland and Military Protection Act sits on Gov. Josh Stein's desk after it passes in the House.
News
Senate passes NC farmland, military protection bill
A bill to protect agricultural lands and create a buffer around sensitive military sites passed in the NC Senate.
Opinion
Federalist 23: Necessity of a Government as Energetic as the One Proposed to the Preservation of the Union
The principal purposes to be answered by union are these the common defense of the members; the preservation of the public peace as well against internal convulsions as external attacks; the regulation of commerce with other nations and between the States; the superintendence of our intercourse, political and commercial, with foreign countries.
News
NC House committee votes to ban foreign land ownership
A bill that would prohibit the ownership of NC land by US adervaries and put in place a 50 mile protectionradius around military bases has been voted through to the House Rules Committee.
News
Senate Judiciary debates limits on foreign land ownership
A PCS to the NC Farmland and Military Protection Act was discussed during the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Opinion
NC’s land is worth protecting. Let’s do it right.
NC’s General Assembly has the political will and the moral clarity to act on this issue. The question is whether the law that passes will be one that sophisticated adversaries cannot work around.
Opinion
Remember Sept 12 unity as we tackle the border, our new national security imperative
It is time to view the threat to public safety posed by poor border security with Sept. 12 patriotism — unbound by political party or geography and with a commitment to future generations.
Opinion
GOP still ahead on key issues
Democrats will enter the homestretch of the 2024 cycle with at least one disadvantage: their best issues aren’t top-of-mind for most voters.
Opinion
The necessity and dangers of anonymous speech
Wild, disruptive protests in support of the Palestinian cause are in progress at campuses across the country. At many of them, there are threats and antisemitic language. But it can be difficult to trace much of what is said back to particular people because of attempts by protesters to remain anonymous by covering their faces....
Opinion
TikTok bill is consistent with US Constitution
Ever since Rep. Mike Gallagher (WI-8) introduced House Resolution 7521 — formally known as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act — early last month, there has been a whirlwind of responses: United States Sen. Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, received a voicemail threatening his life if he voted in favor of...
Opinion
Silent crisis: America’s $34 Trillion national debt
The United States’ national debt is above $34 trillion, but leaders in Washington do not notice. Instead, they’re focused on more important things, like the national security threat of foreign garlic or maintaining funding for a United Nations aid organization, some of whose workers may have been involved with the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7. Sadly,...
Opinion
Freedom is vulnerable
The Hamas attacks on Israel illustrated in one day how vulnerable freedom is. The inexplicable denial of observed depraved assault — the worst on the Jewish people since World War II — indicate a very troubling lack of understanding and leadership. There were some on the UNC Chapel Hill campus who seemed to side with those...
