We all know that the ‘spark’ was the Stamp Act, the Townshend Act, the ‘Anything That King George III Did’ Act that placed more taxes on the colonists, especially since the colonists did not have full or fair representation in Parliament. We have stated this many times before but it bears repeating: ‘In America today, […]
The Syrian government is at war with a rebel force who’s intent is to overthrow the government. The rebels are aligned with, and getting support from, Al-Qaeda. This is not in is dispute by anyone. Someone used chemical weapons to kill a bunch of civilians in Syria. We don’t know if it was the government, […]
Medicaid is supposedly for poor people, those who are destitute. It seems a nice enough idea, that even those with no money can still have access to basic medical care. Unfortunately, that is not what is actually going on. Because of the ways the ideal has been distorted by those who know how to game the system, Medicaid is […]
The following is just a quick observation I made the other day when peaking through the websites of our local City Council candidates. Remember the old Sesame Street song “One of these things is not like the other”? Well, as I was panning through the list of endorsements for At-Large Democrat candidate Vi Alexander Lyles, […]
With respect to my long time friend Congressman Robert Pittenger, on whose advisory committee I served during his election to Congress, he is dead wrong in his arguments for voting to fund Obamacare. The Congressman argues that mandatory monies will go to Obamacare anyway…as if the additional money he plans to vote for in a […]
Been reading too many simple, partisan thoughts from young liberals lately. Time to break it down: Most young people are ‘left-leaning’ because they’ve been convinced by left-wing institutions than it’s the ‘tolerant’ thing to do. They have very little substantive or philosophical understanding of contemporary liberalism. Draconian government measures aren’t progressive, they’re a throwback to […]
Last week, this column broke the fact that North Carolina ranks at the top (number 11) in state-level spending on education. Although the Tar Heel State ranks 45th on overall spending on education, it has nothing to do with any policy promulgated by the General Assembly. In high spending states, city and county governments make […]
Saul Alinsky’s Ninth Rule for Radicals is that “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself,” the point of which is to say there is a lot you can do to defeat your opponent mentally and vise versa. In fact, Sun Tzu said “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy […]
Moral Monday organizer and frequent keynote speaker Rev. William Barber has a familiar refrain in his sermons from the stage: the Republicans in the NC legislature are trying to move the state backwards. It’s actually the rallying slogan: “Forward together, not one step back.” Yet, the economic system he’s championing in a handbook for fellow […]
After finally discovering the identities of the five persons who voted twice in the November 2012 election, the Voter Integrity Project of NC is ready to announce more stunning news: We can now reveal why there is no vote fraud in North Carolina. But first, I need to refresh the public memory on this story. […]
