After he read the stories in the News and Observer about the hospital war in Raleigh between Wake Med and UNC Health Care, a retired health care administrator wrote in the newspaper that years ago Mayo Clinic founder William J. Mayo had said, “The best interest of the patient is the only interest to be…
Read MoreOur annual orgy of spending and consumption is nearly at an end. A day of peace and stillness beckons. Not that I’m going to get all holier-than-thou. An orgy of spending and consumption is exactly what our economy needs. But a question nags when you see cars lined up at the malls, shoppers…
Read MoreTwenty years ago SBI agent and blood-splatter expert Duane Deaver withheld evidence in a murder trial in Raleigh and an innocent man went to prison. Later, in a murder trial in Johnston County a federal judge ruled that Deaver had given “false and misleading testimony.” Then a few days ago Judge Orlando Hudson…
Read MoreDemocrats have fretted over the emergence of Super PACs, fearing that their big money and negative ads will help Republicans. But, so far, Republicans are the leading victims of Super PACs. Newt Gingrich has been savaged by them. Mitt Romney feigns innocence while his millionaire friends dump a truckload of negatives on Newt. One…
Read MoreSince last spring, like hopeful school girls, conservatives have been falling in and out of love with Michele Bachmann, with Rick Perry, with Herman Cain. Now we’re asking breathlessly, Is Newt the one? – followed by a harsher question, asked with a hint of desperation, Is there anyone else? It wasn’t hard for Newt…
Read MoreOn behalf of all Democrats, I thank Speaker Boehner and House Republicans for their unexpected and unbelievably generous Christmas gift. Of course, their gift for the country as a whole is more like a lump of coal. They want to give 160 million Americans a tax increase, cut off unemployment benefits and nip the…
Read MoreNewt Gingrich’s ship seems to have landed on the rocks – nationally, the Gallop poll reports, Speaker Gingrich has plummeted from 37% to 26% of the vote and in Iowa the news is even worse: The latest poll shows Newt’s dropped out of first place. With so much bad news piling up Newt let…
Read MoreHe’s fed up with elitist judges, Newt says, so as President he’s just going to ignore their rulings. And what’s more, he adds, as a historian he knows that Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln would agree with him. Of course, the press pounced, immediately, asking, So, if President Newt can ignore court rulings –…
Read MoreIf you looked at a chart tracking the Republican presidential race, you would see a series of waves rising and falling. First you’d see the Michelle Bachman wave rise and fall. Then the Rick Perry wave – again, rise and fall. Same for Herman Cain. Now Newt Gingrich has been on the rise…
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