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Politico — SOPA protest rattles Congress
January 18, 2012 | Posted in: Media, Politics, Tech | 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

Adjournment resolution

Like the last go-round, the General Assembly adjourned with a fairly wide open agenda for the next special session. Spelled out in the adjournment resolution [...]
September 16, 2011 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Current Events, General Assembly, Politics | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Lesson from the primary struggle

I think the clear lesson to emerge from this early phase of the battle for the GOP is Do Not Eat The Corndog. Looking forward [...]
September 7, 2011 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Politics | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Breaking down the NC congressional races

This month’s column is a table setter, breaking down the North Carolina congressional elections district by district based on the new maps and candidates leaning [...]
August 18, 2011 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Columns, Politics, US House | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Not created by saints

Read another comment this morning alluding to the “divine” origins of this nation. There’s always been a politician or theologian or two or twenty trying [...]
July 4, 2011 | Posted in: Dispatches, Misc, Politics | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Elon Poll says NC says ‘Tax Me’ — Really?

I find this poll result strange because that’s not what voters around the state — even liberal Orange County voters — have been saying when [...]
November 20, 2010 | Posted in: Budget, Current Events, Polls | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink