He was a considerable figure in the state of North Carolina. He served four terms as governor. In my opinion, his biggest “contribution” was Smart Start. This is a government-funded pre-school/ day care program. This might seem archaic to some readers, but back during the 1990’s, taxpayer-funded day care was […]
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Police Chief’s Claim Of Violent Crime Decrease
He says the amount of violent crime has decreased 23% this year compared with last year. If that is an accurate representation of reality, it merits celebration. However, we need to be careful. At least a couple of factors could explain this change including random variation and under-reporting. But let’s […]
Lefty Website Dwells On Voting Sites For UNCG and A&T
There is a fairly new lefty website that covers our region called the Greensboro Thread. It has an article that nurses the grievances of those that want voting sites at NC A&T and UNCG. Despite Guilford County’s election officials’ eminently reasonable justifications for not providing sites to vote at those […]
Trump’s Endorsements In North Carolina
The Daily Haymaker has an article that outlines the history of Trump’s political endorsements in the state of North Carolina. The record is pretty awful, unfortunately. Check it out.
Yet Another Greensboro Anti-Violence Group
For what seems like the umpteenth time, we are seeing a group forming in Greensboro ostensibly with the goal of reducing violence. The News and Record article demonstrates at least one of the members harbors an anti-police perspective. Just as in the case of all the other initiatives that have […]
Lefty NC Justices Fear No Accountability
There was an interesting article in the North State Journal about an online dispute between two NC Supreme Court Justices– Phil Berger, Jr. and Anita Earls. Earls is a socialist justice who recently took to social media to criticize ICE operations in the state of North Carolina, labeling the activities […]
Chapel Hill School Board Chairman/ Cultural Marxist Claims To Have Eaten Crow
Readers might recall a school board chairman from Chapel Hill who had openly defied a new law passed by the Raleigh Republicans. That law forbids public schools from promoting changes in gender identity; and also grant parents certain rights. That school board chairman– George Griffin– was called in to a […]
DC Republicans Push Lumbee Recognition
The Lumbee Indians from southeastern North Carolina around Robeson County have been pushing for years to get recognition from the federal government. It turns out that Republicans in Congress are helping them to make this happen. It has already passed in the US House. This will open the door to […]
Intentional Mishandling Of Sexual Abuse Allegations
Megan Basham has a couple of posts on X that detail how the Southern Baptist Convention’s leftward-leaning leadership mishandled sex abuse allegations that had taken place a few years ago. She describes how the process was used to target certain conservatives that were among the Convention’s leadership. It also demonstrates […]
NC House GOP Looking At Property Taxes
There was news this week that the NC House Speaker Destin Hall has convened a committee to look at property taxes in the state. This is a great idea. There are a couple of situations that ought to be remedied. First, the massive increases some have faced because of property […]