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Recent Stories
Chaos at the border
So far this year, more than 50,000 unaccompanied alien children have crossed our southern border. Children from multiple Central American countries, including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, are traveling thousands of miles through deserts and rivers to reach America.
FCC doublespeak: Saying one thing and doing another
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 specifies that the Federal Communications Commission “shall” review its broadcast ownership rules every four years, “determine if” those rules are necessary in the public interest as the result of competition and “repeal or modify” any regulation determined to no longer be in the public interest.
Fake patriotism
This weekend, Americans all over the country will step out onto their patios and decks and into their backyards to partake in a delicious barbecue with family, friends and loved ones. A drink or two is sure to be spilled, and chances are kids will fight over who gets to eat the biggest burger.
Voting with their feet
People in Washington don’t like to admit that they were wrong. No one saw Eric Cantor’s primary loss coming, least of all David Brat, the economics professor who, on a shoestring budget, pulled off one of the biggest upsets in congressional history.
A disturbing tendency
President Barack Obama is doubling down in his defense of his blunder in defying the rule of law, exercising poor judgment and mischaracterizing (I’m trying to be charitable) the service of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in his ill-conceived “deal” to free the lone American serviceman held captive in Afghanistan.
Conservatives should embrace Jim Sensenbrenner’s efforts to update the Voting Rights Act
First enacted in 1965, the Voting Rights Act (VRA) prohibited discriminatory voting practices that had been used to deny people, especially people of color, their constitutional right to vote. This landmark law had wide bipartisan support and has been seen by historians as one of the most important pieces of legislation ever passed by the Congress.
Paying tribute to Maya Angelou
I first met Maya Angelou over 27 years ago when she became a client of B&C Associates International, a public relations firm located in High Point, N.C., in 1986.
States’ rights, slavery and the strange symbolism of Cliven Bundy
America is a land of stories. We love to use stories about individuals to extract general principals about society as a whole.
New responsibilities come with the age of ownership
Donald Sterling’s publicly disclosed comments depict an anachronistic view of race relations in this country.
Kidnappings in Nigeria
Human trafficking continues to be a major issue not only in Africa, but in the rest of the world as well.
