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A Storm of Confusion
Gary Pearce
posted on August 31, 2006 16:29
The more TV weather I watch, the more confused I get. Thursday afternoon, I watched two forecasts back-to-back on two stations. The local cable syst...
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The TTA and the Little Engine that Could
Carter Wrenn
posted on August 31, 2006 14:56
Triangle Transit Authority trustee Nina Szlosberg doesn’t want the TTA to strike the flag on Lite-Rail – so when the other trustees arrived at their l...
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The Democrats and Corruption
Carter Wrenn
posted on August 31, 2006 13:28
Sometimes you have to wonder if the Democrats in the State Legislature are really serious at all about cleaning up corruption. Attorney General Roy C...
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No Shelter from the Storm
Gary Pearce
posted on August 29, 2006 13:10
New Orleans hasn’t recovered from Katrina. Nor has George Bush. And neither one’s prospects look good. Bush has never recovered politically be...
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Nature or Kids
Gary Pearce
posted on August 24, 2006 10:59
What does Raleigh need more: another nature park or a place where teenagers can play basketball and stay out of trouble? It seems to me that is the i...
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The Pope Political Legacy
Gary Pearce
posted on August 23, 2006 13:59
I didn’t know John Pope, the uber-wealthy retail king who died this week. And I don’t know much about the business empire he built at Variety Wh...
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WalMart Vs. Democrats
Gary Pearce
posted on August 18, 2006 09:46
Wal-Mart is becoming for Democrats what al-Qaeda is for Republicans: the source of all evil. The Democratic presidential candidates – even including ...
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Ethics in State Government?
Carter Wrenn
posted on August 18, 2006 09:41
After State Senator Howard Lee was defeated for reelection in 2003 the governor appointed him to the Board of Education. Serving on the Board is an un...
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Edwards and Lieberman
Gary Pearce
posted on August 16, 2006 14:56
John Edwards and Joe Lieberman have little in common. But they do both have one big thing this year: running as outsiders. Most politicians fan...
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Reform-mania
Gary Pearce
posted on August 16, 2006 14:53
Nothing is quite so repellent – or dangerous – as a politician in the throes of reform-mania. Witness the North Carolina legislature. To start ...
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