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Amnesty a dangerous path
A closer look at our government’s “not separating families” policy will reveal an aspect of that policy that will be far reaching into future generations. Pointing this country in a direction that most Americans — blacks, whites, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Libertarians and even those of no political persuasion at all — would never support if they understood all the underlying facts of this policy. This policy grants amnesty to as...
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Bladen Journal time capsule …
— April 26, 1967: Donnie White of Bladenboro takes first place in showmanship with his steer at the 16th annual Market Stock Show and Sale in Wilmington. *** — April 26, 1978: Bladen County Sheriff John B. Allen, 72, is in satisfactory condition at Wake medical Center after two convicts he was transporting to Central prison in Raleigh choked and overpowered him to escape. The two felons — Donnie Ray Hall, 26, and Eddie Haim, 35 — were...
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A very moving weekend
For a variety of reasons, it’s been a handful of weeks since I’ve been moved to fill this space — none of which are necessary to go into. But this past weekend, that all changed. I’ve been properly moved. What that means, actually, is that I experienced a particularly awesome chain of events — both personally and within a group. And it came during the every-other-month excursion to Savannah, Ga. A few weeks ago my oldest daughter Shanno...
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Golden Brown
Bladen County has quite a number of folks who have gone on to make their little corner of North Carolina proud in a wide variety of professional fields. There are the athletes like Saquan Johnson, Desmond Bryant and Ann Hancock; and there are others like Lee Priest, Matthew Brown, Nigel Adams and Starlette Smith Holguin — just to name a few. But none have a mural. Curtis Brown does. Brown, a graduate of East Bladen High in 1974, went ...
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Sensible drug testing for Work First cash, training
Government has truly become Big Daddy in many people’s minds. Nothing proves this claim more than recent arguments on the floor of the North Carolina Senate regarding SB 594. The proposed legislation is simple. It requires a drug test in order for individuals to receive Work First cash benefits and job training. However, to hear liberal politicians rail against the law, one would think that supporters of the legislation were forcing the...
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How should North Carolina fund infrastructure?
My father was born in 1922 on a farm in rural Ohio. Horses and carriages were as common as cars. When the first road was built it was tolled, meaning only those who paid the gatekeeper at the entrance to the road could use it. This is how early roads were financed. If you used a road, you paid for it, on the spot! In economics, we call such payments user fees. But as car ownership expanded and road usage boomed, stopping drivers at every...
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Jealousy breeds evil deeds
The events of this past week have had me wondering just why is it folks are so jealous of our way of life, yet they don’t seem to want it for themselves nor do they want us to have it and enjoy it. They seem to want to force us to become like them, whatever that may be. Their tactic is to use fear to accomplish that. You know the ones I’m talking about. They are jealous of the freedoms we take for granted and they want to take that away f...
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Remaining transparent
  There is a bill in the state Senate now that would make it easier for local governments to erect a wall between themselves and the public. Senate Bill 186 would allow governments to post public notices — legal advertisements that inform you of what’s going on in your community and provide the opportunity to participate in any decision — only on their own websites, and no longer require that they be published in a newspaper. The bill ...
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Work hard to keep Satan at bay
Would you take measures to protect your property if you knew someone was hell-bent on stealing from you? What if the person was also hell-bent on killing you … would you take measures to defend yourself? Or would you greet the thief/killer at your front door with a big smile and say, “Welcome. Come on in and visit for a while.” Now I don’t know what you would do … but you can believe I’d lock the doors and windows of my hom...
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Photo voter ID only makes sense
As the debate rages over photo voter ID, it is fascinating to listen to the arguments against the proposed law. The opposition continues to repeat the same old lines used back in 2005 when Georgia passed a similar photo ID bill. In Georgia’s 2010 midterm elections, black voter participation fell, as did participation by all demographic groups. However, a far greater share of black voters turned out in 2010 than in the prior off-year ele...
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