Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
Bev Needs a Dick Morris
No, not the Dick Morris you see on Fox who apparently came unhinged from working for the Clintons. The Dick Morris who rescued Bill Clinton’s presidency after 1994. Governor Perdue needs somebody who will do what Morris did then: scour government agencies for a series of popular, bite-sized things she could do by executive…
Old Gene Autry Movies
When I was nine years old my ten year old cousin Jennifer was an Amazon â she could hit a baseball, throw a football and run faster than any boy. When it came time to choose up sides there wasnât any question whether sheâd play with the boys. The only question was which side was…
ObamaScare
I’m not surprised Public Policy Polling found that only 54 percent on North Carolinians believe Obama was born in the United States, 26 percent said they do not believe he was and 20 percent aren’t sure. The poll reflects a fundamental divide about Obama here and across America. It was there throughout the campaign,…
Drug Deal
Now, I may not have all the numbers exactly right on this one. It’s received some coverage, but not enough. So bear with me. Apparently, the Obama administration cut a secret deal with Big Pharma under which the drug companies agreed to give up no more than $80 billion in prescription-drug savings for health-care…
A Bad Cycle
My grandmother used to say one bad act leads to another. Here’s an example: Up on Wall Street the Masters of the Universe got so wrapped up in their own greed, like Midas, they ruined themselves. Then the dominos started falling: Congress stepped in to save them by giving them eight hundred billion dollars of…
In Our Time
Raleigh is full of characters and one of them is our local newspaper editor John Drescher, who’s done more to put a stop to corruption than anyone in sight, except George Holding our United States Attorney; Drescher puts the underhanded politicians on the front page then George introduces them to the Grand Jury. I’ve…
Hold Town Meetings
Memo to Congressman Brad Miller and all congressional Democrats: Stop ducking town meetings on health-care reform. Open the doors wide. Invite everybody – opponents included. And let them rant and rave if that’s what they are determined to do. Nothing could do more to help the health care-reform campaign. The more the…
That Dog Won’t Hunt
Whenever a lady starts a sentence by saying with perfect politeness, I just wanted to point out…well, any male who’s dealt with southern women knows he’s in deep trouble. A very nice lady called from state government the other morning about a blog I wrote about the State Department of Transportation spending $29,000 to…
America in The Golden Age
This may be the single craziest thing the United States Government has ever done. The President and the Congress – Democrats and Republicans alike – decided it was a good idea to go out and buy a billion dollars worth of ‘clunkers’ then the response was so phenomenal it took them by surprise. Apparently they…