North Carolinians, are you feeling a little under-represented? You should be. Your senator speaks for just under 10.25 million citizens. Meanwhile, a senator from Wyoming speaks for less than 590,000. The difference carries a factor of 17. For Californians, it’s much worse. A senator speaks for just under 40 million
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Yes, it’s true. I’m a libtard. Or so say some of my Facebook friends. Although the intellectual underpinnings for their charge often escape me, I don’t much care what they call me. But I would like to remind them that they’re also talking about my Mom, and she certainly doesn't
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Tragically, the famous movie line “Houston, we have a problem” needs to be changed to “Houston: We have a problem.” We haven’t even begun to assess the ultimate cost of Hurricane Harvey, and our hearts go out to its many victims. But on the plus side, if the history of
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A couple of months ago, I had bloodwork done at the local government facility. Paid about $95 for it up front. A couple of days later, out of the clear blue sky, a $600 lab bill arrived. My wife and I were appalled on two counts. First, why were we
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Why is it that some conservatives, who are the first to loudly shout “Freedom!,” are also dead set on depriving others of freedoms when it suits their own preferences? Today’s case in point is Sunday alcohol sales, and we start with this news bulletin, fresh from the headlines of December
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North Carolina is a Right to Work state, and that’s a shame. Although it doesn’t sound like it, the phrase Right to Work is a direct, head-on attack on labor unions. A more accurate phrase to describe intent would be Divide and Conquer. A more accurate phrase to describe the
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If we get our way, one day Senators Richard Burr and Thom Tillis will fight their way out of their Washington office suites, tunneling through mountains of waste and scuzz, and visit the inviting and picturesque Outer Banks. Here, they will enjoy a plate of undercooked, unshelled, sand-vein-still-in shrimp before
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The stupidity of Donald Trump on the topic of health care is nothing less than breathtaking. Democrats must seize this golden opportunity and provide a popular alternative and make sure average Americans both know about it and believe it can be delivered. That Trump thinks a decent policy can be
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There are dozens of ways to learn facts and consider informed opinions concerning an election. But the absolutely worst of them is television commercials or any other form of advertising. On television, in anywhere between 15 to 60 seconds, you might learn that a candidate has a wife and four
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