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March 24, 2023

Opinion

  • MATTHEWS: Another one to file under ‘journalists behaving badly’ 

    March 22, 2023 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on MATTHEWS: Another one to file under ‘journalists behaving badly’ 
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis looks on after announcing a proposal for Digital Bill of Rights, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) The higher you [...]
  • HARRIS: Less rancor, professor, and more reason

    March 21, 2023 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on HARRIS: Less rancor, professor, and more reason
    John Harris “Villainous.” “Terrorism.” “Lawlessness.” “Fraudulent.” These are some of the choice words that Professor Gene Nichol recently deployed against five elected justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court on the pages of the Charlotte Observer. The invective [...]
  • MOORE: Death taxes are immoral; Even worse, they don’t work 

    March 18, 2023 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on MOORE: Death taxes are immoral; Even worse, they don’t work 
    “I have no respect for the passion of equality,” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., one of America’s great jurists, once declared, “which seems to me merely idealizing envy.”   But envy, and its sister vice, greed, are [...]
  • MATTHEWS: Hello, spring 

    March 15, 2023 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on MATTHEWS: Hello, spring 
    A bee searches for pollen on a flower during a sunny spring day. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) Why, hello there, springtime, you gorgeous thing, you.  Though most of the groundhogs here in North Carolina and Punxsutawney, [...]
  • MATTHEWS: Crime once again emerges as a campaign issue for Democrats 

    March 8, 2023 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on MATTHEWS: Crime once again emerges as a campaign issue for Democrats 
    FILE – District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) Back in November 2020, House Democrats paid the price for their association with the radical “Defund the Police” [...]
  • PRAGER: What are Judeo-Christian values?

    February 26, 2023 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on PRAGER: What are Judeo-Christian values?
    Dennis Prager attends Politicon at The Pasadena Convention Center on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP) The term “Judeo-Christian values” is frequently used.  I am one who uses it.  I [...]
  • HILL: Reticence and prudence 

    February 15, 2023 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on HILL: Reticence and prudence 
    Rochelle Gurstein wrote “The Repeal of Reticence” in 1996 which detailed ― and implicitly bemoaned ― the loss of personal privacy due mostly to intrusive prurient journalism.  “(Reverence for privacy)” she wrote, “should be understood [...]
  • HILL: One giant leap for free speech at UNC Chapel Hill 

    February 1, 2023 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on HILL: One giant leap for free speech at UNC Chapel Hill 
    The Old Well on the campus of The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees struck a blow for free [...]
  • ZAHRAN: The careless world of Joe Biden 

    January 30, 2023 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on ZAHRAN: The careless world of Joe Biden 
    President Joe Biden speaks during a reception to celebrate the Lunar New Year in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) “Careless: Taking insufficient care; negligent. [...]
  • PRAGER: Who’s more irrational — the religious or the irreligious?

    January 27, 2023 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on PRAGER: Who’s more irrational — the religious or the irreligious?
    Dennis Prager attends Politicon at The Pasadena Convention Center on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP) There are very few things conservatives, liberals and leftists agree on. But if they [...]

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  • MATTHEWS: Another one to file under ‘journalists behaving badly’ 
    March 22, 2023 Comments Off on MATTHEWS: Another one to file under ‘journalists behaving badly’ 
  • North Stanly baseball team wins 6th straight game
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  • City of Albemarle introduces new economic development director
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  • HARRIS: Less rancor, professor, and more reason
    March 21, 2023 Comments Off on HARRIS: Less rancor, professor, and more reason
  • 2023 Lexus RZ: This new EV is no yoke
    March 20, 2023 Comments Off on 2023 Lexus RZ: This new EV is no yoke
  • MATTHEWS: Another one to file under ‘journalists behaving badly’ 
    March 22, 2023 Comments Off on MATTHEWS: Another one to file under ‘journalists behaving badly’ 
  • HARRIS: Less rancor, professor, and more reason
    March 21, 2023 Comments Off on HARRIS: Less rancor, professor, and more reason
  • MOORE: Death taxes are immoral; Even worse, they don’t work 
    March 18, 2023 Comments Off on MOORE: Death taxes are immoral; Even worse, they don’t work 

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  • Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates debate as voting begins
    MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin voters began casting ballots in person on Tuesday in the state’s high-stakes Supreme Court race, hours before the two candidates were slated to meet for their only debate two weeks before [...] The post Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates debate as voting begins first appeared on The North State Journal.
  • Amazon cuts 9,000 more jobs, bringing 2023 total to 27,000
    NEW YORK — Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday.  The job cuts would mark the second largest round [...] The post Amazon cuts 9,000 more jobs, bringing 2023 total to 27,000 first appeared on The North State Journal.
  • After lawmakers intervene, student will get to play soccer  
    RALEIGH — Richlands High School senior Caitlynn Guarino will get to play on her school’s soccer team after lawmakers intervened in the matter.  Guarino was originally denied the opportunity to play soccer after her coach [...] The post After lawmakers intervene, student will get to play soccer   first appeared on The North State Journal.
  • With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties
    State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year.  Imposing [...] The post With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties first appeared on The North State Journal.
  • ‘Little’ Washington becomes a culinary port of call 
    WASHINGTON — Located in quiet Beaufort County where the Tar River meets the Pamlico Sound, “Little” Washington is known as one of the state’s smallest but most charming coastal communities. In any season, a visit to [...] The post ‘Little’ Washington becomes a culinary port of call  first appeared on The North State Journal.
  • Three Reps join ‘Problem Solvers Caucus’ in US House
    RALEIGH — Three freshmen U.S. Reps. have joined the Problem Solvers Caucus in Congress.  Democrats Don Davis (NC-01) and Wiley Nickel (NC-13) and Republican Chuck Edwards (NC-11) officially joined the group, which now has over 60 [...] The post Three Reps join ‘Problem Solvers Caucus’ in US House first appeared on The North State Journal.
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