Like President Obama, Governor Perdue began her administration with a series of executive orders showing she’s on the job and ready from day one. ...

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For this year’s legislature, one thing looms larger than the budget crisis: Next year’s elections.   That’s because the legislators elected in ...

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Professor David Steinmetz of Duke Divinity School says it is a very good idea that President Obama invited both a minister in favor of gay marriage an...

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Last week President Obama’s ‘favorable’ rating was an eye-popping 70% and after the last week of canonization it may now be 90% and rising.   ...

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When John Edwards was running for Senate in 1998, the N&O did a story about how little money he had raised from the state’s business community – a...

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At first glance it looks like Barack Obama’s sitting on top of the world, but this poor fellow’s actually sitting on a dozen time bombs.   Runn...

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Her fourth day in office Madame Governor trooped up to Washington, held out her hand, and asked Congress to give her $18 billion – plus, another billi...

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Last fall, after Obama got elected, Richard the Intellectual got so discouraged about politics he took to reading religious poetry – The Divine Comedy...

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Monday Madame Governor signed a spate of executive orders and it’s time for the Republicans in the House and Senate to strap on their shields and buck...

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