Sometimes the best way to go forward is to go backward. In 1899, the population of Boonville, North Carolina was under 200. It was a tiny crossroads town in the middle of farming country. It was also the home of the Yadkin Valley Institute and School of Business, which 20 years later would become a
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I’ve noticed a common theme in many conversations this last year. They’re peppered with variations of the refrain, “It’s strange out there.” That line is often tacked on to the end of conversations about politics, culture, or some news item that would have been unthinkable 10 years ago, but is now commonplace. There seems to
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Every year Forbes publishes its list of the 400 wealthiest Americans. Topping the list in 2019 for the second year in a row was, to no one’s surprise, Jeff Bezos. The Amazon founder kept the top spot despite a divorce that sent his net worth tumbling from $160 billion to $114 billion. Worldwide, Americans represent
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If you enjoyed a hearty Thanksgiving meal last week with your family, you have a personal incentive to oppose socialism. Extreme egalitarians would like to ban these kinds of family celebrations – by abolishing the family. The purveyors of woke ideology have long asserted that only collectivizing the family can bring true social equality. However,
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You won’t hear it on the Democratic primary debate stage, but one of the biggest issues facing America today is our foster care system. In 2017, over 690,000 children spent time in foster care, and thousands are now hoping for adoptions that may never come. The situation is dire. Nationwide, there’s been a 10.6 percent rise in children
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