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December 17, 2025

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MATTHEWS: Strange silence, spin from Democrats on anti-Tesla violence

April 3, 2025 The North State Journal Comments Off on MATTHEWS: Strange silence, spin from Democrats on anti-Tesla violence

Tesla employees work near a vehicle as people wave signs during a protest against Elon Musk and Tesla outside a service center location Saturday in Seattle. (Lindsey Wasson / AP Photo) Over the last two […]

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MATTHEWS: On the death of Gene Hackman

March 13, 2025 The North State Journal Comments Off on MATTHEWS: On the death of Gene Hackman

Actor 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 […]

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MATTHEWS: NC press focus on Walz’s milkshake order during Raleigh visit

September 5, 2024 The North State Journal Comments Off on MATTHEWS: NC press focus on Walz’s milkshake order during Raleigh visit

Minnesota 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 […]

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MATTHEWS: Life’s curveballs

August 22, 2024 The North State Journal 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 […]

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MATTHEWS: Thoughts on the Angie Harmon/Instacart driver dog-shooting incident

April 17, 2024 The North State Journal Comments Off on MATTHEWS: Thoughts on the Angie Harmon/Instacart driver dog-shooting incident

Angie Harmon attends Variety’s 2022 Power of Women: New York event at The Glasshouse in 2022. (Photo by Greg Allen / Invision/AP) On the Monday after Easter weekend, actress Angie Harmon revealed on Instagram that […]

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MATTHEWS: Counting blessings

February 21, 2024 The North State Journal Comments Off on MATTHEWS: Counting blessings

Image via Unsplash Everyone faces challenges in life, some small, some big, and some that seem insurmountable. That has definitely been the case for me and my family, with 2021 through 2023 being especially tough […]

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MATTHEWS: Hur report is the worst possible news for Joe Biden 

February 14, 2024 The North State Journal Comments Off on MATTHEWS: Hur report is the worst possible news for Joe Biden 

President Joe Biden pauses as he arrives to speak in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Last week, special counsel Robert Hur released a […]

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MATTHEWS: Failure of ‘Bidenomics’ seen in Biden’s visit to NC

January 24, 2024 The North State Journal Comments Off on MATTHEWS: Failure of ‘Bidenomics’ seen in Biden’s visit to NC

President Joe Biden speaks outside Cook Out, a burger joint in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, as Gov. Roy Cooper, D-N.C., right, looks on. Biden is visiting North Carolina to highlight $82 million in […]

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MATTHEWS: Media’s overemphasis on ‘firsts’ should be revisited 

January 17, 2024 The North State Journal Comments Off on MATTHEWS: Media’s overemphasis on ‘firsts’ should be revisited 

FILE – Cars drive past Minneapolis City Hall, June 28, 2023, in Minnesota. (AP Photo/Trisha Ahmed, File) Back in November, St. Paul, Minnesota elected an all-female city council, which experts say was a “first” for […]

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MATTHEWS: On the resignation of Harvard’s president and the ‘race’ card 

January 10, 2024 The North State Journal Comments Off on MATTHEWS: On the resignation of Harvard’s president and the ‘race’ card 

Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, speaks as University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listens during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) […]

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