This week, a constituent named Britt Kauffman emailed N.C. Rep. Michele Presnell regarding the bill that Presnell cosponsored, which would have established a state religion. This bill was implemented specifically...

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President Barack Obama’s budget “compromise” demonstrates the political system’s faults.American political culture is filled with many myths and untruths that distort our view of political reality....

A small group of protestors demonstrated at Fort Bragg last Saturday against the destructive use of militarized drones by the United States military.This protest was certainly a step in the right direction,...

The situation in North Korea has many on high alert, and for good reason. Though it lacks military or economic power, North Korea does possess several nuclear warheads, according to the Institute for Science...

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Although many aspects of the current gun control debate are very controversial and deserve a full discussion, the idea of universal background checks is unobjectionable and should be implemented as soon...

In what should have been a belated and cruel April Fools’ Day joke, the state Senate voted April 3 to repeal the historic Racial Justice Act, WRAL reports.The Racial Justice Act originally allowed death...

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Last week, the N.C. Senate elected eight new members to the Board of Governors. The board is in charge of “the general determination, control, supervision, management and governance of all affairs of...

This article is part of a Point/Counter-point. You can read the point here. The United States has a lot of debt – this is indisputable. But, the apocalyptic tenor of the conversation regarding debt...