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KELLOGG & HOELSCHER: Dual status disaster
October 26, 2024 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on KELLOGG & HOELSCHER: Dual status disasterDebris and trash rest around homes in Swannanoa on Oct. 10 in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. (Cory Lavalette / North State Journal) There has been much coverage and controversy about the failure to move [...] -
HUDSON: Neighbors helping neighbors
October 19, 2024 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on HUDSON: Neighbors helping neighborsThe American Hebrew Academy campus in Greensboro is now the site of a government-run facility for migrant children. (Scott Pelkey / North State Journal) It breaks my heart to see the devastation brought to our [...] -
PRAGER: People hate those who fight evil far more than those who are evil
October 12, 2024 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on PRAGER: People hate those who fight evil far more than those who are evilI realized something very important about the human condition when I was in high school. I realized that people tend to hate those who fight evil far more than they hate those engaged in doing [...] -
KRAWIEC: Keep the faith, but keep it to yourself
October 11, 2024 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on KRAWIEC: Keep the faith, but keep it to yourself(Eric Gay / AP Photo) Many years ago, the famous atheist Madelyn Murray O’Hare wrote the above words in a Bible that belonged to a pastor known as the Chaplain of Bourbon Street, Bob Harrington. [...] -
PRAGER: Israel derangement syndrome
October 6, 2024 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on PRAGER: Israel derangement syndromeA remnants of a walkie-talkie that was exploded inside a house on Sept. 18 in Lebanon is shown. (AP Photo) Julie Hartman, a 24-year-old woman with whom I do a weekly podcast (“Dennis & Julie”), [...] -
MATTHEWS: NC press focus on Walz’s milkshake order during Raleigh visit
September 5, 2024 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on MATTHEWS: NC press focus on Walz’s milkshake order during Raleigh visitMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz, left, laughs while ordering a Cook Out milkshake with Gov. Roy Cooper during a visit to Raleigh on Aug. 29. (Kaitlin McKeown / The News & Observer via AP) Until last [...] -
PARÉ: Can DMV pilot its way to shorter lines on the horizon?
August 31, 2024 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on PARÉ: Can DMV pilot its way to shorter lines on the horizon?Rep. Erin Pare, the only Republican who represents part of Wake County, asks the North Carolina House of Representatives not to concur on a bill that would remove a masking health exemption on the House [...] -
ESTRICH: Religious freedom on campus
August 24, 2024 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on ESTRICH: Religious freedom on campusPro-Palestinian demonstrators gather outside Murphy Hall on the campus of UCLA in on May 23. (Ryan Sun / AP Photo) “Jewish students were excluded from portions of the UCLA campus because they refused to denounce [...] -
MATTHEWS: Life’s curveballs
August 22, 2024 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on MATTHEWS: Life’s curveballs(CDC via AP) No matter who you are and where you are in life, you’ve been hit by a few of life’s curveballs. I’m not talking about a literal curveball that might veer off course [...] -
GINGRICH: Gov. Tim Walz ― Minnesota radical
August 18, 2024 The North State Journal North State Journal, opinion Comments Off on GINGRICH: Gov. Tim Walz ― Minnesota radicalMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a campaign rally at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on last Saturday. (Jae Hong / AP Photo) The elite media’s propaganda campaign is underway. The media says Gov. [...]