William Wolfe is the director of the Center for Baptist Leadership. He lives in North Carolina, but traveled to Colorado to speak at a rally against a bill that would take away parental rights. Here is his speech: If not you, then who? If not now, then when? And if […]
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A Couple of Surprises Incorporated Into NC Senate Budget
The NC Senate has just passed its proposed budget. It includes a modest income tax reduction and an array of spending measures. But there were a few measures that were noteworthy and somewhat surprising. The first is the elimination of the Certificate of Need process that gives hospital systems greater […]
Griffin/ Riggs Supreme Court Race: The Odds For Overturning Result Shrink
The state Supreme Court’s recent decision was somewhat of a blow to Jefferson Griffin. The court ruled that only overseas and military ballots could be “curated”– i.e., that they could be evaluated to determine if they invalid. The number of these ballots apparently is in the range of approximately 5,700. […]
Rhino Times: Property Taxes To Hold Steady This Year
While this is a positive bit of news, Scott Yost warns that we are vulnerable next year to a property tax increase of upwards of 47% unless our county commissioners adjust the tax rate downward. The Guilford Board of County Commissioners is heavily socialist, of course. Readers are welcome to […]
King of Kings According To Charles Dickens
Animated tale in theaters now:
The First Hymn
According to the Christian Post, the lyrics were discovered on 3rd century Egyptian papyrus. A couple of contemporary Christian artists set it to a melody they developed:
Colorado’s Move Against Parents: What Will The Churches Do?
Some readers might be aware that the state of Colorado is in the process of passing legislation that would potentially take kids away from parents if they refuse to affirm the “gender identity” of their children. This is a pretty big deal. One would think the church should speak out. […]
Robbie vs. Marikay
The News and Record reports this morning that Robbie Perkins and Marikay Abuzuaiter are both running to be Greensboro mayor. Perkins is a progressive Republican who historically has been aligned with the east Greensboro political establishment and with development interests. When conservative Republicans were elected to the city council in […]
Grievance-Mongers Flood Greensboro City Council
An interesting article at Yes!Weekly describes how leaders of several organizations– including school board chair Deena Hayes-Greene– agitated before the Greensboro City Council to obtain certain considerations with regard to economic development in east Greensboro. They claim they have been ignored; and that their neighborhoods lag behind with respect to […]
Greensboro’s Ryan Routh Subject Of A “Sealed Motion”; Sought To Take Down Trump’s Plane
This does not seem to augur well with regard to the circumstances of his case and his involvement. Posobiec says that he was trying to get special military equipment from Ukraine’s military to shoot at Trump’s airplane. Finally, Mike Benz maintains it is very likely Routh was working indirectly for […]