Whenever election time comes around, the media, political parties, and candidates begin thumping about voting rights, precincts and districts, voting times and places, registrations and ballots, and... Read More
The founding fathers envisioned two kinds of constitutions. The one for our Republic was a broad umbrella for a universal (national) social contract. The other kind, state constitutions, were to be... Read More
If you don’t keep up with the happenings and going’s on around our capitol city, you may have missed all the hoopla about Dix Hill. The property, on which the Dorothea Dix Hospital (Dix Hill) has... Read More
Old McDonald had a farm, With a B-Word here and an F-Word there, and a J-word, M-Word, N-Word, Q-word, S-word Old McDonald…….. Welcome to Political Correctness (PC) in America where the only... Read More
Part of the mission for our Public Schools is, "TO GRADUATE GOOD CITIZENS." The 2017-2018 public school year is over in North Carolina. About 9,000 high school students... Read More
I have yet to read a respected study concluding that single parent homes raise better children than homes with both biological parents. Put the other way, homes with both the Mom and Dad raise better... Read More
The term "race" is the twenty-first century’s equivalent to the fifteenth century’s "the world is flat." The earth was never flat and there has never been a race of humans. Race was the... Read More
My friend, E. Michael Latta, used to write articles that started with the phrase, "Isn’t It About Time." Michael’s thoughts were usually common-sense, contemporary and on-point. I’ve decided... Read More
North Carolina’s live horse population is over 300,000. Live horses are a significant agricultural industry. The infrastructure supporting live horses includes: buyers and sellers; the land on... Read More
What do the people of North Carolina expect in return for their investment in public education? Put another way: What does the state of North Carolina expect to get for the revenue that is... Read More
