I received the missive below from a veteran of the Legislative Building. I should note that the author is not a yellow-dog Democrat, but rather someone who is sympathetic to the new Republican majority and its (supposed) agenda. “Long-time legislative observers are scratching their heads trying to remember if they’ve ever seen a staff person…
The press – from CBS News to Human Events – has been singing House Speaker John Boehner’s praises as the conqueror of Barack Obama and Harry Reid – the Speaker they say ‘out-fought,’ ‘out-smarted’ and ‘out-negotiated’ the Democrats. (Whoever heard of out-negotiating a Democrat?) Meantime, oddly, not a word has been said about Speaker Boehner’s forgotten…
There are a lot of wonderful stories and legends about the Civil War and here’s one: In 1865 Lincoln climbed the gangplank to a warship and sailed down the Chesapeake Bay to City Point (near Petersburg) to visit General Grant and, by then, it was clear to anybody but a blind-man General Lee couldn’t hold…
It’s hard to understand a newspaper endorsing censorship. But that’s what the Greensboro News & Record did this weekend. An editorial Saturday endorsed a bill before the legislature that would block all political robocalls. The editorial thundered that, not only are the calls “annoying,” but – horror of horrors – “under constitutional free speech…
Professor Cary Nelson, who looks more like a woodsman with his fulsome beard than the head of the American Association of University Professors, made a speech at Duke the other day and gave a dire warning American universities are in decline and in need of saving. What exactly is the universities’ problem? Not…
Nothing’s given and nothing’s certain but it sure looks like the government is not going to close down at midnight – instead, it looks like President Obama and the Democrats have won their fight with John Boehner and company. Congress is staring a $1.5 trillion deficit (and a $3.5 trillion budget) in the eye.…
We’re about to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the April morning in 1861 when a hot-head (some would say fool) in Charleston pulled the lanyard on a cannon and started what old southern maiden aunts used to delicately call ‘The Late Unpleasantness.’ A lot’s been said and written about why we ended up fighting…
I got a nice email from Keith Weatherly thanking me for posting his response to my blog. So I almost feel guilty extending this matter. But I heard from three different TAPsters in response to Keith’s response. And, you understand, my day goes much more easily when I let other people do the work.…
After passing new laws making it legal to carry concealed handguns in bars and restaurants and holding a ‘how to get a concealed handgun permit class’ at the State Legislature it would seem by now House Speaker Thom Tillis and company would have passed enough new gun laws to rest for awhile – but not…
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