
Ned Barnett
Associate Opinion Editor at The News & Observer
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1 day ago |
newsobserver.com | Ned Barnett
Toyota is building its first electric car battery manufacturing plant in Randolph County, about 20 miles southeast of Greensboro. North Carolina has led the nation in clean energy investment since the Inflation Reduction Act became law in 2022. Toyota The that hammered much of the U.S. may not have been directly caused by climate change, but it sure made people think about it.
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4 days ago |
americanthinker.com | Ned Barnett
No sooner did President Trump give Iran “up to two weeks” to agree to go into serious negotiations to strip the ancient Persian nation’s ability to make and use nuclear weapons, his far left critics immediately revived the nickname “TACO.” This is the latest cute, smart-ass Wall Street-turned-leftist slang; this time it’s short for “Trump Always Chickens Out.” This came from a gross misunderstanding of his use of publicly announced way-high tariffs as a means of negotiating reasonable, low,...
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6 days ago |
thepilot.com | Ned Barnett
Reprinted with permission by The News & Observer of Raleigh. State Auditor Dave Boliek’s June 4 “rapid response special report” grabbed attention. kAmxE D2:5 E92E 2 DE2E6\CF? 4@>>F?:EJ 42C6 DE2E:@? :?
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1 week ago |
newsobserver.com | Ned Barnett
State Auditor Dave Boliek's June 4 "rapid response special report" grabbed attention. It said that a state-run community care station in Swannanoa that provided restrooms, shower facilities and laundry services for victims of Hurricane Helene had spent money so prodigiously - $27.4 million in 189 days - that general workers were paid $87.30 an hour and managers earned $145.50 an hour. Meanwhile, the cost per load of laundry was $220.
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2 weeks ago |
newsobserver.com | Ned Barnett
President Donald Trump takes the stage Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at Fort Bragg to mark the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, a North Carolina native and UNC-Chapel Hill alumnus, also attended. [email protected] The Quaker House in Fayetteville once counseled members of the military who had moral qualms about going to Vietnam. Now it's advising soldiers who have moral qualms about going to Los Angeles.
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