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Good grief!
With everything in everyday American life politicized, count on someone, somewhere, being offended by something, anything — even classic Christmas TV specials.
A recent Huffington …
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By Tom Purcell
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12/16/18
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American politicians can’t seem to make themselves wait until 2019 to start acting like it’s 2020.
Former vice president Joe Biden wants us to know that he’s “the most qualified person in …
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By Thomas L. Knapp
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12/16/18
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Somewhere, Dorothy Parker is smiling.
In one withering remark on Tuesday, once (and now increasingly likely future) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave Donald Trump the most important civics lesson of …
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By John Micek
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12/16/18
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If America’s auto manufacturers wrote letters to Santa, it’s not hard to guess what would be high on their lists: retaining the federal tax credit for electric vehicles.
For several years now, …
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By Ed Feulner
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12/16/18
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Like a cheap sweater that can be pulled apart by tugging at a thread, Obamacare is in tatters. Soaring costs of premiums coupled with outrageous deductible hikes have made things worse, not better. …
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By Matt Mackowiak
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12/16/18
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It’s beginning to be that time of the year when all the big news outlets parade out their flashy year-end reviews.
You know, the one that fills up about five whole minutes of a half-hour news …
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By Joe Weaver
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12/14/18
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My mother loved to decorate her house for every holiday and occasion, but never more so than at Christmas.
I can still remember all sorts of variations of lights and manger scenes through the …
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By Zach Harris
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12/14/18
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My friend Peggie Shultz recently shared some examples from her family’s collection of Christmas traditions and anecdotes and left me with the feeling that I was in the past, enjoying them with her …
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By Sanda Baucom Hight
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12/14/18
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Instead of going over the river and through the woods to Grandma’s house, we traveled east this Thanksgiving. It was comforting to see that most of the furniture, downed trees and debris that had …
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By Tom Campbell
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12/13/18
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Christmas is just around the corner, and while people around me seem pretty excited and in the Christmas spirit, it hasn’t quite hit me yet.
This time of the year is tough for me. My mom’s …
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By LaMonique Hamilton Barnes
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12/13/18
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RALEIGH — Are you frustrated with our political dialogue at the moment? If your answer is no, you are in a distinct minority in North Carolina and beyond.
For example, in an October poll …
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By John Hood
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12/13/18
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Voters and public officials are rightfully concerned how our election systems work. During the 2018 midterm elections, many news stories were produced about problems attributed to defective voting …
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By Chris Telesca
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12/13/18
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Many consider the National Football League to be the most successful professional sports organization in the world. To many, having an NFL team is a signal a city and region have arrived and are in …
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By Mike Walden
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12/12/18
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As the persistent special counsel, Robert Mueller, divests some cases and converges others, he seems to have cast President Trump in a ring of wrongdoers.
Included in that ring is the Trump …
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By George Leach
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12/11/18
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“The real mystery after half a century,” Wyndham Robertson says, “is why life at the top of large American corporations still seems so overwhelmingly male.”
Writing in The New York Times …
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By D.G. Martin
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12/11/18
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People have been wanting to know what students talk about in the school hallways. They want to know what is on the average student’s mind all day. After observing my peers, I have become aware of …
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By Myaaja Coley
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12/11/18
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Among my best childhood memories was the distinct smell given off by a live Christmas tree that permeated our house each year during the holiday season.
We always had a live tree during those …
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By Keith Barnes
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12/11/18
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The new year will come with a new look for Wilson’s main Walmart store on Forest Hills Road.
“Walmart is focused on making the customer experience in our stores fast and friendly and providing …
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By Brie Handgraaf
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12/11/18
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RALEIGH — In the January 1953 edition of the magazine If: Worlds of Science Fiction, a fan of the genre from Texas, Marilyn Venable, made her debut as an author. “Time Enough at Last,” …
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By John Hood
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12/10/18
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“Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.”
Sounds dire. A reaction to the National Climate Assessment published the day …
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By Ed Feulner
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12/9/18
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