Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
President Obama made exactly the opposite mistake from Bill and Hillary Clinton on health-care reform. The Clintons drew up a sweeping reform plan in secret, then sent it to Congress, where it died. Obama let congressional Democrats come up with a reform plan. The first time it went to the voters, they voted…
Here’s a sure sign we’re in deeper trouble in Afghanistan than anybody’s letting on: The Afghan government (no doubt with U.S. taxpayers’ money) is offering the Taliban soldiers cold hard cash to surrender or, better yet, switch sides; of course being blossoming Afghanistan politicians are wrapping all this up in Washington style rhetoric calling their plan…
For those inclined to believe in the infallibility of modern science here’s a cautionary tale. A few years ago our scientists announced the Y chromosome – “the thing that makes a man male” – was a pretty poor creature; the Y chromosome, they said with conviction, was shrinking and in exactly 50,000 years would…
I’d give the front page of today’s N&O to any young person who aspires to go into politics. Ruffin Poole, the “little Governor,” gets indicted on 51 counts of corruption. Poole was Mike Easley’s “go-to guy.” Now he’s the guy the feds go to to get Easley. John Edwards confesses, says he’s…
The other day over in Charlotte Governor Perdue called herself the ‘Jobs, Jobs and More Jobs Governor’ then chirruped she’s the education Governor but it doesn’t look like she’ll be calling herself the ‘Tough Crime Governor’ any time soon. At least not according to the newspaper and – inadvertently – her Secretary-and-Former- Lobbyist of…
President Obama just sent 30,000 soldiers to fight in Kabul so he’s got to be a little shocked to find himself branded as ‘soft’ on terrorism but there’s a reason: Obama as Hamlet. Obama-of-the-Divided-Mind. On one hand the President’s launching killer drones like crazy and dropping robot bombs out of the sky over Pakistan…
By now, North Carolinians can be forgiven for denying paternity of everybody involved in the John Edwards affair. Edwards surprised no one by finally admitting he’s the father. At least he beat ex-gofer Andrew Young’s book to the punch. Edwards had the good sense to fess up in a written statement – and…
One of the more dangerous varmints walking around on two legs is the good old-fashioned morally outraged Southern Demagogue and right now Reverend William Barber (head of the NAACP) fills the bill and he’s as mad as hell; the Reverend’s razor-tongued and ’fraid of nothing and he’s chomped down on school board Chairman Ron Margiotta…
Governor Perdue either has a new public relations guru or, suddenly, she’s started thinking in slogans because she’s firing them off rapid fire. The other day down in Charlotte she let fly announcing her new education slogan: Ready. Set. Go. Then she let loose on jobs chirruping our number one priority has…
How do you get your news? Our statewide poll asked North Carolina voters what their primary…
Thom Tillis and Phil Berger fed the MAGA alligator. Then it ate them. Thomas Mills wrote…
Exactly 80 years ago, in 1946, Republicans took control of Congress with a simple message: “Had…