When State Lines Decide Life and Death

When State Lines Decide Life and Death

How Abortion Policy in Neighboring States is Reshaping North Carolina By Dr. Mark Creech Director of Government Relations Return America When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, it did not outlaw abortion nationwide. Instead, it returned the...
Peace: What Marching Buddhist Monks Get Wrong

Peace: What Marching Buddhist Monks Get Wrong

by Rev. Mark Creech RevMarkCreech In recent weeks, North Carolinians have watched an unusual sight unfold along our highways and through our towns: Buddhist monks walking in silence, clad in saffron robes, marching for peace. Their discipline is striking. Their...
From the Wilderness to the Threshold of Reform

From the Wilderness to the Threshold of Reform

by Rev. Mark Creech RevMarkCreech.org For more than twenty-five years, I have addressed alcohol policy in North Carolina and across the nation. During much of that time, I often felt like John the Baptist in the wilderness — warning, pleading, and reasoning with a...