The Problem With Old Media

By Gary Pearce | 2009-04-20 |

I read a lot of newspapers. And a lot of newspapers are writing these days about what newspapers could do different to make more money. Like charging people to read content online. But my friend David Burney said something wise that made me think that won’t work. He said revenue is down at newspapers –…

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Upside Down

By Gary Pearce | 2009-04-01 |

Who said foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds? Republicans in North Carolina certainly appear untethered by consistency when it comes to the relationship between government and the private sector.   Nationally, Republicans are in a frenzy about the Obama administration’s policy toward business.  Socialism, they thunder. The very idea of the federal government…

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Bowles Rolls

By Gary Pearce | 2009-03-27 |

How confident is Erskine Bowles of his standing in the legislature? Confident enough to tell the Appropriations Committee that Governor Perdue’s UNC budget is “ludicrous.” Bowles’ bluntness raised eyebrows around Raleigh. The Governor said she was “miffed,” but then assured us that she and Erskine talked and that love is in bloom again. Bowles knows…

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Marching in the Wrong Direction

By Carter Wrenn | 2009-03-26 |

Well, I’d say Obama did pretty well at his press conference the other night – so he must just have been off his game a couple of weeks ago at his first press conference. Right now Obama’s going through the part of his presidency where folks are taking a good look at how he does…

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