Column: Letter to the NC GOP
Dear North Carolina GOP,
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Dear North Carolina GOP,
The NPI-16 is an index which is commonly used in social science research to evaluate an individual’s level of narcissism. Below is each item on that index, coupled with quotes from a respondent who was evaluated as highly narcissistic.
“Comprehensive immigration reform will grow our economy and keep families together — and it's the right thing to do.”
The attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Land wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Nuclear proliferation throughout the globe. Regardless of your feelings about former U.S. President George W. Bush, he and his administration navigated irrefutably difficult and dangerous issues of national security.
Since he lost the popular vote on election night nearly three months ago, President Trump has continued to suggest that he, in fact, won the majority of votes cast in the general election. In a tweet on Nov. 27, Trump said “I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.”
At the height of the Cold War, a group of social scientists conducted an experiment. They gathered a group of survey respondents and asked them a simple question: Should a Soviet reporter be allowed in the U.S.? As expected, only 37 percent of respondents were willing to allow this. However, when this question was preceded by another asking whether American journalists should be allowed into Russia, to which most answered yes, the percent of respondents willing to allow the Soviet reporter almost doubled, jumping to 73 percent.
Following the most divisive presidential election in recent memory, many of us have fallen into a permanent “winter break” mode. That is, no matter how strongly we hold our political views, we are holding our tongues even more strongly so as to not offend family and friends who may not agree, or to generally avoid often heated confrontation stemming from the still-raw political wounds of the past year.
The UNC system implemented a tuition freeze Monday after the N.C. General Assembly passed the freeze via the state budget in July.
Piedmont Natural Gas is asking permission from the city of Wilmington to build a new gas pipeline underneath the Cape Fear River in order to help the company provide energy to the city.
Almost two weeks have passed since Election Day, and the Tar Heel state still can’t be certain who its governor will be on inauguration day in January.
N.C. Rep. Graig Meyer began Monday’s meeting with the League of Women Voters of Orange, Durham and Chatham Counties by addressing the elephant in the room.
As of Monday, the Tar Heel state set a new record in early voting with over three million early votes cast for Tuesday’s general election.
Paul Luebke, who represented Durham’s District 30 in the N.C. House of Representatives, died from lymphoma on Saturday at 70 years old.
Gov. Pat McCrory found himself defending his endorsement of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump while distancing himself from Trump’s rhetoric during the first gubernatorial debate on Tuesday.
John Quinterno is an economist and instructor at the UNC School of Government. He recently wrote an article in which he discussed how labor force size has affected unemployment in North Carolina.
Last week, North Carolina Senator Richard Burr had three of his bills passed by the U.S. Senate, one being passed by a unanimous vote. State and National news editor Cole Stanley provides an analysis of each bill.
The state budget, passed on July 14, included changes impacting the UNC system. Policy in the budget created an in-state tuition freeze for all schools in the system, creating a guaranteed amount for all four years. The budget also instituted a three percent cap on student fees.
The Board of Trustees met for their July meeting on Wednesday and Thursday. The board announced new policy, new positions and new attitudes after the recent tragedies across the world.
Nelson Dollar was instrumental in the passage of the most recent North Carolina state budget. He gave an interview to state and national editor Cole Stanley on Tuesday. Read an additional interview with representative Verla Insko concerning the new budget here.
Nelson Dollar was instrumental in the passage of the most recent North Carolina state budget. He gave an interview to Daily Tar Heel state and national editor Cole Stanley on Tuesday. Read an additional interview with representative Nelson Dollar concerning the new budget here.