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Easley Vs. Drescher
posted on December 31, 2008 17:50
I can’t defend Governor Easley’s comments about the N&O not being “nice” to him – and accusing the paper of a “hatchet job.” In a recent ...
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The Mean Ole News and Observer
Carter Wrenn
posted on December 30, 2008 15:03
People have been dying in our state mental hospitals for lack of care; our parole system is so broken criminals on parole have murdered 580 people – a...
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Republicans and Ostriches
Carter Wrenn
posted on December 30, 2008 13:28
The smoke’s clearing from the election and the voter statistics tell a simple straightforward story: Four years ago African-Americans were 19% of the ...
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Fathers and Sons
Gary Pearce
posted on December 26, 2008 10:07
For Christmas, I usually ask for books. And I get some unexpected pleasures. Unexpected this year was Jacob Weisberg’s The Bush Tragedy, which I start...
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Blue Christmas
Gary Pearce
posted on December 24, 2008 11:00
A Blue Christmas is a Merry Christmas for Democrats. Not so much for Republicans who are sure the end of the world is nigh. So let me offer a note of ...
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Driving Off the Cliff
Gary Pearce
posted on December 23, 2008 11:31
George Bush may have screwed up everything else in eight years, but even he knew better than to drive America’s automobile industry into bankruptcy at...
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Obama’s War
Carter Wrenn
posted on December 22, 2008 13:36
Don’t those words have a startling ring – after all, Democrats loathe wars (and instead, at least, these days in Congress, seem to have fallen in love...
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No Southern Accents?
Gary Pearce
posted on December 22, 2008 10:50
The Washington Post said last week that the one group largely unrepresented in Obama’s key team is Southerners. As Gomer Pyle would say, “Sur...
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Pay to Pick
Gary Pearce
posted on December 19, 2008 11:07
The political world is in a frenzy of moral dudgeon over the alleged high crimes and moral misdemeanors of Governor Rob Blagoyevich. The nerve...
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Bully Pulpit
Gary Pearce
posted on December 18, 2008 08:33
The rumor this week has been that Governor-elect Perdue will appoint her Cabinet Friday. Other rumors have it that she’s still having trouble ...
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