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Buy good beer and feel good doing it too. Share with a friend July 18, 2025 Optimism, to me, is not about ignorance. Here’s what I mean by that. It’s not closing your eyes to the bad things in the world. It is recognizing the bad and making a choice to search for the good…

Plus: A tragic plane crash in Statesville Share with a friend     Hey, it’s Billy. Perhaps the most important politician of 20th-century North Carolina has died. The family of former Gov. Jim Hunt said Thursday that Hunt passed away at the age of 88. Hunt, who was sometimes referred to as “the education governor,”…

Plus: Beat the scammers this holiday season Share with a friend     Hey, it’s Billy. Here’s an important piece of reporting from Inside Climate News. Environmentalists in NC—and regular non-advocacy types who, ya know, don’t like toxic water—have been worried about the prevalence of PFAS, a group of human-made compounds that can be harmful…

A new report says the former governor, as expected, will enter the race. Share with a friend It’s Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Our lead story today is about children.  Cardinal & Pine’s Michael McElroy spoke with a group of North Carolina moms who took their kids to DC to advocate against the big budget bill…