Opinion
Federalist 18: Insufficiency of Present Confederation to Preserve Union cont..
As a weak government, when not at war, is ever agitated by internal dissentions, so these never fail to bring on fresh calamities from abroad.
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Trump tariffs to take effect
After months of deadlines being pushed back, tariffs are set to go into effect for multiple countries, and NC businesses are bracing for the impact.
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Charlotte to host 2027 Military World Summer Games
For the first time, the United States will host the CISM Military World Summer Games in 2026.
Opinion
Campus protests part of America’s perennial attempt to balance security and speech
Those advocating for causes, even ones we find despicable, should be protected; while those violating legitimate "time, manner, and place restrictions" or giving support to designated foreign terrorist organizations should see consequences.
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Federal Appeals Court upholds convicted terrorist’s 43-year prison sentence
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a 43-year prison sentence for Hysen Sherifi. He was convicted in North Carolina in 2011 on charges linked to a terrorism conspiracy. A trial judge had cut two years off Sherifi’s original 45-year sentence after a 2019 US Supreme Court decision. The high court had ruled that a law used to convict Sherifi was unconstitutional under certain circumstances.
Opinion
Primed by activist high schools, NC students arrive in college ready to protest
While students being allowed to express themselves is important, schools that allow, or even encourage, major disruptions in the school day (like walkouts and rallies) for radical causes should focus instead on boosting the state's reading and math scores.
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Budd speaks with reporters about recent trip to Middle East
North Carolina Republican US Sen. Ted Budd held a call with reporters Wednesday to talk about a trip he and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-IA, recently took to the Middle East that included first-hand updates on the state of the hostage negotiations involving American citizens, including North Carolina native Keith Siegel, and visiting with US troops.
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NC Chamber recognizes outstanding NC innovators, leaders at annual meeting
On Tuesday afternoon, the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual meeting and awards ceremony, highlighting some of the most innovative and bold leaders in the state.
Opinion
History is calling — will we answer?
Alexis de Tocqueville once described history as “a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.” Right now, in contested regions across the world, enemies of freedom and decency are adding new works of horror to this already gruesome gallery. Some American leaders have risen to the challenge of the moment....
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NC ranked 6th most economically free state in US
North Carolina ranks 6th out of the 50 states, only bested by New Hampshire, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, and South Dakota.
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Federal judge in Raleigh orders Syria to pay $1.1 billion to victims of terror
The Syrian government would be forced to pay more than $1.1 billion to victims of ISIS terrorist attacks from 2015 to 2017, under an order issued Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Raleigh. Among the beneficiaries would be former U.S. Ambassador Jim Cain, his wife, and his daughter.
Opinion
A ‘Conservative Spring’ in 2022
The word “spring” is often tacked on to political moments when a repressive status quo crumbles and a new era of hope emerges. The “Springtime of Nations” in 1848 was one of the largest political shifts in history, as European nations rebelled against monarchy and other traditional institutions, which they replaced with flatter, more-democratic structures....
