Although (North Carolina’s) 1776 Constitution prohibited the establishment of any particular denomination, it required those who held civil office to be professing Protestants and forbade any man to hold office who denied “the being of God or the truth of the Protestant religion”… Henry Abbot (1740-1791) expressed concerns over the […]
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Bill Introduced To Criminalize Abortion In NC
House Bill 1232 was introduced within the last couple of weeks. This proposed constitutional amendment would charge with murder “any person” who seeks to destroy human life at any stage of development. It further asserts a right to use lethal force for self-defense and also to defend other human lives. […]
National Democrats Cite Governor Stein’s Deceptions As A Model To Follow
Some readers may be aware that the national democratic socialists have published a “post-mortem” to explain why they lost so severely during the 2024 election cycle. WRAL reports that the report spoke favorably of the manner in which Governor Stein has led the state of North Carolina: It said Stein […]
Retired Border Control Chief Greg Bovino Treated Shabbily By Leftists In Boone, NC
Breitbart has the story here. I did not know that he used to reside there. We have a bad element here in North Carolina on the left. It makes sense this would occur in a university town.
Whopping Greensboro Tax Increase Proposed
Both the News and Record and the Rhino Times report regarding the city of Greensboro’s proposed budget. The bottom line is that there will be both higher property taxes and higher fees under this budget if approved. George Hartzman estimates that the average magnitude of the property tax increase will […]
Voters To Decide On Property Tax Constitutional Amendment
The Republican-led North Carolina General Assembly has passed a constitutional amendment that would limit the amount that local governments can increase property taxes. This bill was motivated by the massive property revaluations that have occurred statewide. Voters will now have the opportunity to pass this measure at the polls in […]
Physicians’ Early Exits From Clinical Practice
An interesting survey was conducted of physicians who left clinical practice prior to the usual retirement age. What were the findings? Among this group, the mean age at which they left practice was 48.1. It should be noted this is a much earlier age than during prior generations. Female physicians […]
Is The Guilford Socialists’ Change of Heart Real On Property Taxes?
We had discussed yesterday how Skip Alston has had a change of tune with regard to property tax increases and is now discussing budget cuts. Now, it seems the dam is bursting. The county GOP chairman is stating that the socialists would be committing “financial rape” if they do not […]
Guilford/ Greensboro Tax/ Fee Update
Now, Skip Alston is signaling that he will place on hold his plans to increase property taxes in view of the General Assembly’s planned passage of its one-year moratorium. The Rhino Times reports that he plans some budget cuts. Of course, we need to be vigilant. We need to watch […]
Nick Shirley On Ilhan Omar
This young man– in his early 20’s– is doing much better journalism than we see in the legacy media. He displays a strong sense of right and wrong. And he has been pretty courageous in view of the fact he has had multiple death threats against him: