During 2018, North Carolina lost some 338,000 private-sector jobs, or 9.1 percent of the total. Did you happen to notice this economic catastrophe?
Sunday, December 08, 2019
Franklin Graham, son of the influential Christian evangelist Billy Graham, has opined that citizens of the world who oppose President Trump, and his policies, are “demonic.” Definitions of “demonic” include “resembling or characteristic of demons or evil spirits,” “profoundly immoral or wick…
Saturday, December 07, 2019
Bless your heart to the young man at Pitt Community College. Every morning he is there to open the door for me and others. He is so nice and a gentleman. He even has a smile each time. Thank you Tyshawn Andrews for being a great Bulldog!
The Thanksgiving trip to be with my wife’s huge extended family in Ohio usually ends with at least one member of our immediate family getting sick. I guess it was my turn.
Friday, December 06, 2019
When French President Macron called NATO “brain dead,” the brain he was talking about was U.S. leadership. Donald Trump is the first president in American history to undermine the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, formed in April 1949 as a military alliance between 29 North American and Eu…
The Democrats should be listening to Barack Obama.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats are trying to remove President Trump from office “prayerfully,” “sadly” and “with a heavy heart.” In fact, as anyone who has been watching knows, many Democrats have been itching to impeach Trump since the day he took office.
Friday, December 06, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats are trying to remove President Trump from office “prayerfully,” “sadly” and “with a heavy heart.” In fact, as anyone who has been watching knows, many Democrats have been itching to impeach Trump since the day he took office.
Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, which began with possibility like none other in this election cycle, ended abruptly for the most prosaic of reasons. It “simply doesn’t have the financial resources we need to continue,” she announced Tuesday.
Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, which began with possibility like none other in this election cycle, ended abruptly for the most prosaic of reasons. It “simply doesn’t have the financial resources we need to continue,” she announced Tuesday.
Were you among the crowds rushing to stores for bargains on Black Friday or did you wait for Small Business Saturday? Perhaps you joined those spending a record $9.4 billion on Cyber Monday. As exciting as these days might have been, let us suggest the most important day was Tuesday — Giving…
Thank you so much to the kind lady who paid for my lunch at Cracker Barrel on Tuesday. You made my day, I will pass it on.
Thursday, December 05, 2019
The breakdown in global recycling markets and the growing public alarm over plastic waste in the ocean has prompted appropriately consequential action across the globe.
The Nov. 24 letter, “Laws threaten women’s heath, independence,” personifies President Reagan’s adage “that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.”
What kind of Christian are you when your wife doesn’t want you talking to the mother of your children. I guess she is afraid and so insecure that you will cheat with me like you did with her when we lived together. White trash deserves the same.
In 2009, President Barack Obama promised that under Obamacare, “If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.”
We are losing the battle to save our planet, and we have no one to blame but ourselves.
Wednesday, December 04, 2019
It was a statement that raised more questions — that should have been immediately asked.
I recently had my mailbox vandalized (pulled out the ground) as did others in my neighborhood. Teenagers volunteered to fix it. Thank you Ryan and Cole! You both rock and did an awesome job! Not all teenagers are bad. These kids have a bright future and changed my opinion of teenagers. Thank you.
This year’s education scandal saw parents shelling out megabucks to gain college admittance for their children. Federal prosecutors have charged more than 50 people with participating in a scheme to get their children into colleges by cheating on entrance exams or bribing athletic coaches.
This isn’t complicated:
Teachers and students knew beforehand that the Stoneman Douglas School shooter was a ticking time bomb. President Obama’s Promise Program prevented intervention. Google “Laura Ingraham” and “the Promise Program.”
Tuesday, December 03, 2019
For some reason, the very first thing I noticed on my early morning visit to the beautiful St. John Cantius Church in Chicago was a statue tucked away in a corner, between two confessionals. It depicts Jesus comforting the prodigal son, from the Gospel parable. It seemed to speak so much abo…
Friday may have been Black Friday, but for ECU fans, it was Black Saturday. Football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball all lost. Argggh! It wasn’t a great day to be a Pirate — but there’s always a next time. Go Pirates!
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