Pinehurst 2011: Candidate Forum Follies
The League of Women Voters held a forum this week for ALL EIGHT candidates for Pinehurst village offices. It was quite dog-and-pony show. It was a dream for
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Author: Brant Clifton
BarryO’s appalling VP
Late night comedians and the alleged mainstream media have tried to tell us that Republicans Sarah Palin, Dan Quayle, and George Bush are the biggest idiots to ever
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Democrat U.S. Senate kingpin “Dingy” Harry Reid: govt jobs more important than private sector
Yep, that’s what the genius said on the floor of the United States Senate — the world’s greatest deliberative body. (No word yet on how
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Pinehurst 2011: Council meetings
Why does the village council insist on meeting at times during the week when most people under 65 are working, and are unable to attend? Southern Pines has
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Two great weapons for debating economics with lefties
I’ve stumbled across two great resources — both available for free online — that provide great info, in layman’s terms, for defending capitalism and the free
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Dems & media pals tossing Bev under the bus?
The N&O has been salivating lately over the possibility of state Rep. Bill Faison(D), who represents the Chapel Hill-Carrboro crowd in the House, challenging Boss Bev’s
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In defense of 9-9-9 and other like-minded tax reform
Dr. Arthur Laffer, the brains behind supply-side economics and many of the policies that led to the boom of the Reagan era, has an interesting piece in
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Lay off Small Business
The title of this post is the same as the title for an excellent, thought-provoking op-ed a Moore County small business owner penned in a recent
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BarryO invades North Carolina AGAIN (Where’s Bev?)
We didn’t ask for it, but we got it ANYWAY. BarryO is rolling across the western end of our lovely state with his gas-guzzling, carbon-footprint-expanding bus
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Ellmers looking weak in congressional money chase
The most recent round of campaign finance reports indicate a weak showing for North Carolina’s freshman U.S. Rep Renee Ellmers (R-Dunn). Ellmers, representing the state’s Second District (which should include
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