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Morning Post – January 2

The first semi business day of the new year. Happy 2012. What’s an Iowa? • The CIRCLE study from Tufts on the decline of young [...]
January 2, 2012 | Posted in: Morning Post | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Morning Post: Spotlight on the NC

Politics in North Carolina is drawing quite a bit of interest this morning thanks to several pages of daylight in the New Yorker. Reporter at [...]
October 3, 2011 | Posted in: 2010 Elections, 2012 Elections, General Assembly, Money, Morning Post, Politics | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Morning Post — September 19

Ah, good morning. Cooler when you get up these days here in the Piedmont. Here’s some of what’s shaking in the NC: • Dome on [...]
September 19, 2011 | Posted in: Morning Post, Politics | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Tea & Crackers

A stunningly solid and thorough piece by Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone. This, then, is the future of the Republican Party: Angry white voters hovering [...]
September 29, 2010 | Posted in: Current Events, Morning Post | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Tort reform and tax cuts for the wealthy

Wow. How novel. Total blockbuster ideas.
September 26, 2010 | Posted in: Morning Post | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Payroll tax cut: Yes, please

Unlike handing a bunch of dough over to folks who already have a bunch of dough, putting dollars in the hands of people who will [...]
September 17, 2010 | Posted in: Morning Post | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Heading into wut?

News organizations might want to take note that while it is technically accurate that a poll number or some such fact represents the way something [...]
September 9, 2010 | Posted in: Morning Post | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Jobless numbers out

Now, less than 10 million people are jobless. Gives ya a real warm fuzzy feeling. MW: Altogether, about 9.67 million people were collecting some type [...]
September 9, 2010 | Posted in: Morning Post | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink