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May 22, 2022

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JOHNSON: Some simple words of wisdom for 2022 college graduates

May 22, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on JOHNSON: Some simple words of wisdom for 2022 college graduates

Commencement season is upon us as college graduates prepare to enter the “grown folks’ world” full time. Some were already “adulting” by working their way through school and paying their own tuition. I was thinking […]

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MOORE: When the people tasked with protecting our children are the villains

May 21, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on MOORE: When the people tasked with protecting our children are the villains

An empty classroom where all his students have been confined due to Coronavirus infection in a public school in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. On Friday Spanish authorities said that nearly 25,000, or 4.3% […]

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MOORE: Beware the popping of the housing bubble

May 14, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on MOORE: Beware the popping of the housing bubble

FILE – In this Sept. 29, 2020 file photo, a sale pending sign is displayed outside a residential home for sale in East Derry, N.H. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in July for […]

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BARONE: Redistricting proved to be much ado about not very much

May 13, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on BARONE: Redistricting proved to be much ado about not very much

FILE – In this Monday, July 15, 2019 file photo, a districts map is shown as a three-judge panel of the Wake County Superior Court presides over the trial of Common Cause, et al. v. […]

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COOLEY: Do parents have rights?

May 12, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on COOLEY: Do parents have rights?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left at podium, speaks before signing a child welfare bill, Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at Miami Dade College in Miami. The bill increased benefits for foster care parents, guardians and children. […]

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BARONE: People are fleeing the self-harm progressives inflicted on their own cities

May 9, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on BARONE: People are fleeing the self-harm progressives inflicted on their own cities

FILE – In this May 10, 2018, file photo, a discarded syringe sits on a sidewalk in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) In recent weeks, I’ve noted how, as COVID-19 mask mandates fall by […]

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MOORE: Canceling student loan debt would make college more expensive

May 7, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on MOORE: Canceling student loan debt would make college more expensive

President Joe Biden speaks at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, April 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) It might be the biggest giveaway in American history. President Joe Biden wants […]

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Serving on county commission should not be a ‘full-time’ job

May 5, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Serving on county commission should not be a ‘full-time’ job

Photo of the Wake County Commission chambers Wake County Commissioners are considering giving themselves a 132% raise this year, from $28,588 to more than $66,000.  This is incredibly imprudent as a fiscal matter.  It is […]

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HILL: How abortion can stop a Republican political tsunami this fall

April 27, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on HILL: How abortion can stop a Republican political tsunami this fall

FILE – A group of anti-abortion protesters pray together in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law […]

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Fixing the federal budget requires changing how entitlement programs spend

April 26, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on Fixing the federal budget requires changing how entitlement programs spend

FILE – In this Feb. 13, 2020, file photo, The Official U.S. Government Medicare Handbook for 2020 over pages of a Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General report, are shown […]

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