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MATTHEWS: On the death of Gene Hackman
March 13, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on MATTHEWS: On the death of Gene HackmanActor Gene Hackman arrives with his wife, Betsy Arakawa, for the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, in 2003. (Mark J. Terrill / AP Photo) On Feb. 26, the world was deeply [...] -
MILLER: The cool kids’ table
March 7, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on MILLER: The cool kids’ tableSupporters watch as Donald Trump speaks at a November campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich. (Evan Vucci / AP Photo) A funny thing happened on their way to vote in the 2024 election. A record [...] -
SHAPIRO: Sometimes, moral clarity isn’t difficult
February 28, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on SHAPIRO: Sometimes, moral clarity isn’t difficultA woman pays tribute at the joint grave of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, following their funeral in Tzohar, Israel, on Wednesday. (Ohad Zwigenberg / AP Photo) This week, [...] -
MOORE: America’s 21st-century Sputnik moment has arrived
February 14, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on MOORE: America’s 21st-century Sputnik moment has arrivedA teacher points to a board as students listen in a fourth grade classroom at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton, California, last week. (Eric Thayer / AP Photo) Just how much longer will American [...] -
ESTRICH: Eyes on the prize
February 2, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on ESTRICH: Eyes on the prizeDonald Trump steps on stage at a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, in January 2024. (Matt Rourke / AP Photo) The Justice Department has ordered its civil rights division to halt any ongoing litigation [...] -
HUDSON: America’s golden age has arrived
January 31, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on HUDSON: America’s golden age has arrivedPresident Donald Trump hands a pen to Allyson Phillips, mother of Laken Riley, after signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday. (Evan Vucci / AP Photo) It [...] -
SHAPIRO: The dumbest fallacy in foreign policy
January 11, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on SHAPIRO: The dumbest fallacy in foreign policyA “revolutionary” flag hangs in the Old city of Damascus, Syria, on Thursday backdropped by the Sayyidah Ruqayya shrine. (Omar Sanadiki / AP Photo) After 50 years of tyranny and repression, the government of Bashar [...] -
KRAWIEC: Free speech for me but not for thee
December 20, 2024 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on KRAWIEC: Free speech for me but not for theeU.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas delivers the commencement address to the 2016 Hillsdale College graduating class in Hillsdale, Michigan. (Todd McInturf / The Detroit News via AP) I’ve talked before about the lack [...] -
HUDSON: It’s time to rein in big bureaucracy
December 14, 2024 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on HUDSON: It’s time to rein in big bureaucracyPresident-elect Donald Trump speaks as he arrives for a meeting with the House GOP conference Nov. 13 in Washington, D.C.. From left are Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Tom [...] -
KRAWIEC: Thanksgiving, family and politics
December 6, 2024 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on KRAWIEC: Thanksgiving, family and politics(Bree Fowler / AP Photo) As I write this, my turkey is in the oven and the table is set. It’s Thanksgiving Day. By the time you read this, you will be creatively finding ways [...]