Pro-life Americans, which I define as people who want to defeat the pandemic, should welcome support from all quarters — including the darkest precincts of the Fox propaganda machine.
Sometimes, the system works.
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Texting is replacing talking as the preferred form of communication?
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As we bring the 2020-2021 school year to a close, I want to take this opportunity to say Thank You to the entire Union County Public Schools (UCPS) community and to share a few thoughts related to this historical school year.
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When a group of 150 Republicans and independents issued its “A Call for American Renewal” manifesto, speculation abounded that it represented the first step toward creating a third party to someday compete on an equal footing with the establishment organizations that rule American politics.
Thursday marked one year since the World Health Organization officially declared the COVID-19 crisis a pandemic. It has been a year of loss, sacrifice and hardship for most Americans. Union County has suffered its share of suffering and loss with more than 21,000 confirmed cases of the virus…
Among President Biden’s first day executive actions is one that promised to tackle climate change, a primary concern of Congress. Included as part of the Biden administration’s climate change objectives are rejoining the Paris Agreement and leading what the administration called a clean ener…
His fans knew it was coming, but they were still crushed to hear the news that Rush Limbaugh had died.
In an emotional moment among emotional moments, lead House Impeachment Manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) shared the story of a Black Capitol police officer and the racist abuse he endured when a mob with murder on its mind sacked the seat of government last month.
“You teach English? I’d better be careful how I talk around you!” As someone who teaches English language and literature, I hear this a lot. It’s discomfiting and not particularly flattering to think of myself as a vigilante school marm, ruler in hand, ready to bust up grammatical offenses l…
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Joe Biden didn’t have to do a lot with his inaugural address Wednesday, just deliver a concise, clear speech that somehow knit together the soul of a deeply fractured nation. He needed to offer healing and comfort to the hundreds of thousands of Americans whose lives have been ripped apart b…
Everyone should be outraged at Democrats and Republicans for the damage they’ve done to the country during the last year.
Wednesday was a sad day for America.
The domestic terrorism that we witnessed Wednesday was always bound to happen. The feral creature who nurtured it had long signaled us that it was coming.
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Now that we are well into the month of December, my three teenage daughters have provided me with their extensive Christmas lists — both electronic and hard copies — in triplicate. Full of the typical objects of adolescent desires like designer clothing, electronics, jewelry, and luxury vehi…
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump released a video of himself standing behind a podium in the White House’s Diplomatic Room, where he delivered what he claimed was the “most important speech” of his presidency.
Batman needed the Joker. Javert needed Jean Valjean. Patton needed Rommel.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Todd Johnson is a N.C. State Senator who has unofficially won a second term for the District 35 seat, which includes most of Union County. The former Union County Commissioner has submitted an op-ed for publication in The Enquirer-Journal.
Sure, we didn’t know who won right away, or the next day, or the day after that, but we still learned quite a bit from the election.
Veterans Day parades? Veterans Day school essays? Veterans Day ceremonies on the courthouse lawn? Star-spangled Veterans Day memes on social media? Platitude-enhanced newspaper editorials?
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