Talking About Politics

Carter is a Republican. Gary is a Democrat.

They met in 1984, during the epic U.S. Senate battle between Jesse Helms and Jim Hunt. Carter worked for Helms and Gary, for Hunt.

Years later, they became friends. They even worked together on some nonpolitical clients.

They enjoy talking about politics. So they started this blog in 2005.

They’re still talking. And they invite you to join the conversation.

Carter Wrenn

Gary Pearce

The Fox News crowd was in full cry at North Ridge the other evening. Along with the usual fare of foxy news babes and red-faced rants about creeping socialism, there was video of the Obamas’ new dog. It was too much for one man. “Guess who gave him the dog? Ted Kennedy. What does that…

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 –…

After Rodrigo Borgia died, soft-spoken but cunning Leo de Medici became pope, after bribing cardinals ended…

A World Lit Only by Fire – Part I

By Carter Wrenn • 2024-05-01

It was a time, Tom Hanks wrote describing the end of the Middle Ages, when dukes…

Trust Flies Out the Window

By Carter Wrenn • 2024-04-29

Planned Parenthood’s spending a ton of money – $10 million – to elect pro-abortion candidates in…

Carter is a Republican. Gary is a Democrat.

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