Buck Newton: Our next AG?
The Democrats have come after Wilson’s Buck Newton hard. In 2010, they slandered him as a drug dealer. (Newton went on to knock off a long-time incumbent Democrat senator.) In 2012, his Democrat
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#ncga: Of drones and men …
I’m the last guy to throw in with the black helicopters and tin-foil helmet crowd. But I found some language in the new state rules for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS,
Continue readingNC-02: A shot across Raleigh’s bow from district GOPers
They’re getting rowdy in North Carolina’s Second District. At last weekend’s district GOP convention, the delegates gave a rousing welcome to Jim Duncan, Renee Ellmers’s Tea Party challenger. They passed
Continue readingNC-02: Jim Duncan steals the show at district’s GOP convention
Over 200 Republican leaders in North Carolina’s Second Congressional District gathered in Sanford today for their party’s district convention. As expected, there were candidates for the 2016 election cycle pressing
Continue readingIf GOP is so good on taxes, why isn’t Tax Freedom Day getting EARLIER?
The DC-based Tax Foundation coined the term “Tax Freedom Day” — which denotes the day Americans transition from working to pay their tax bill to working for themselves. The GOP
Continue readingPew: Since 2000, total of 78 US counties (counting 5 in NC) have gone majority-minority
Some new findings from the Pew Research Center show how immigration may be re-shaping our nation: In the United States as a whole, the white share of the population is declining as
Continue readingEnd solitary confinement in state prisons? (Um, NO.)
Blinkin’ Chris and Angry Rob and their comedy web site are calling for the end of solitary confinement in North Carolina prisons: Last year, North Carolinians were stunned and horrified
Continue reading#Amnesty: ”unaccompanied children” continue to be relocated to Carolinas
It’s fallen off the radar in the drive-by media, but the relocation of “unaccompanied children” border-crashers from Latin America is still going strong. The US Department of Health and Human
Continue reading#ncga: Bipartisan bill makes it easier for third party, unaffiliated ballot access
It seems almost too good to be true. Reps. Jason Saine (R-Lincoln) and Paul Luebke (D-Durham) have filed a bill making some interesting amendments to state election law: A BILL
Continue readingOnce again, a sliver of 2.3% of the population is trying to intimidate the rest of us
The lefties tried to suggest that North Carolina’s approval of an amendment to its state constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman was going to be an
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