BIGGER not always better
We’re really getting soft-pedaled and spun about the UNC Health Care / Carolinas Medical merger. I, for one (and as a former patient with both), don’t see much good for
Continue reading#NC-03: The LONG arm of the Law?
Oh, The Third Congressional District’s GOP primary is living up to its reputation for soap-opera and drama. DC lobbyist (and Craven County commissioner) Scott Dacey is already in as a
Continue readingEVERYBODY loves Donald
The drivebys want to tell you President Trump is despised, hated, loathed in all corners. Yet, you’re getting big business types — well-known suckups to Dems — praising our CINC.
Continue readingEarmarks, the Helms way.
Somebody recently shared this letter-to-the-editor in The Wall Street Journal by Wayne Boyles, a former coworker during my Capitol Hill days: Rep. Mark Walker is correct (“GOP Maps a Road
Continue readingPopping the “Blue Monday” bubble
Well, the state Democrat Party has rolled out more challengers for incumbent Jones Street Republicans. One that threw me for a loop was Lowell Simon of Moore County challenging
Continue readingSome HB2 Karma
Remember all of those people who said we should let people pick which bathroom they want to use based on the gender with which they “identify”? Well, look what this
Continue reading#ncpol: There’s a NEW shih-tzu in town!
… And his name is Andy or Paul. Speck, I think. Anyway, longtime readers of this site may remember we dubbed former N&O scribbler John Frank “The Shih-Tzu” for his
Continue readingFolwell gives state retirees early peek at benefits of Trump tax cut
Thanks to the work of North Carolina state treasurer Dale Folwell’s team, state government retirees will be some of the first to see the benefits of the tax cut recently
Continue readingIllegals storm Thilli$$$ Capitol Hill office
They raised Cain-itos outside Chuck Schumer’s house. Now, they’re doing it in Thom’s DC digs. What gives? Why are these people harrassing their amigos? Could they just be in the
Continue readingA paid holiday for YOU! And YOU! (And you, TOO!)
The board at Sanford’s Central Carolina Community College, according to state auditor Beth Wood, has been in as generous a mood as Oprah lately: […] Central Carolina Community College (College)
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