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After the Civil War, former North Carolina governor Zeb Vance became a U.S. senator. His Northern colleagues enjoyed his affable nature and sense of humor, and some of them invited him to Massachusetts during a break in government business. While there, Vance attended a party, and eventually required a visit to the outhouse, where his
READ MOREThe policies of some of our bureaucrats and elected officials are killing or harming American citizens. Their intentions may be good—that point is debatable—but the results are devastating. The COVID-19 Pandemic. Remember when former Governor Andrew Cuomo shoved COVID patients into nursing homes? Thousands died. No one was punished for
READ MORE“All aboard!” North Carolina writer Anna Raglan was delighted to find that Amtrak’s conductors still called out these words to passengers before departing the station. In her new travelogue The Train From Greenville, Raglan, a kind and wise friend of mine, describes a journey she made by rail from Greenville,
READ MOREWe’ve gone through the craziest two years I’ve ever seen. In no particular order, we’ve suffered from lockdowns and masks thanks to a virus and an overbearing government. The last presidential election brought chaos and accusations of fraud. We’ve had riots in cities, urban crime has skyrocketed, there were attempts to “defund the police,” and
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