Daily Archives: May 8, 2012

Courtesy of: Online Schools

Congratulations to the 73 North Carolina high schools recognized by U.S. News and World Report in their annual ranking of the nation’s best high schools.  According to U.S. News, the top ten high schools in North Carolina were as follows: 1. Hopewell High School, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (#663 nationally) 2. Manteo High School, Dare County SchoolsContinue Reading

The winning percentage of the marriage amendment is expected to be close to 60 percent (Public Policy Polling) N.C. Senate District 45 primary divides the GOP (Watauga Democrat) Republicans get a choice in N.C. House District 110 (Gaston Gazette) Campaigns work on the last full day before the 2012 primary (Citizen-Times) Churches differ on theContinue Reading

Thoms Sowell‘s latest column examines disturbing characteristics of the Occupy movement. How did the Occupy movement acquire such immunity from the laws that the rest of us are expected to obey? Simply by shouting politically correct slogans and calling themselves representatives of the 99 percent against the 1 percent. But just when did the 99Continue Reading

Jonathan S. Tobin dissects President Obama’s re-election strategy — as evidenced by weekend rallies in Virginia and Ohio — for readers of Commentary‘s “Contentions” blog: The president possesses formidable advantages in his battle with Republican opponent Mitt Romney, but his reliance on a purely negative approach demonstrates something that political observers have long understood: aContinue Reading

Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online about consumer protections that have been urged in connection with North Carolina’s consideration of legalizing hydraulic fracturing for shale gas. John Hood’s Daily Journal makes the case for the Bacon test.