‘The hard toll of easy guns’
*SIGH*. That’s the headline of the N&O op-ed that is being echoed and cheered by Blinkin’ Chris and his comrades at Goodmon, Inc. Rush Limbaugh used to have an “SUV
Continue readingEnvironmental wackos having their way with state coastal policy. Raleigh yawns.
In 2011, the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission submitted a report forecasting sea level rise along the coast for the next three decades. The new Republican majority dismissed what they
Continue readingDrive-by crocodile tears over ‘academic freedom’
It’s particularly disgusting to see our state’s drive-by media try to compare the UNC Board of Governors’ decision to shut down a scam on the Chapel Hill campus to McCarthyism
Continue reading#ncga: Who wins with film incentives? Movie producers.
That’s the thesis of a piece in The Washington Examiner today: The Oscars are on Sunday, and all eight films nominated for best picture were produced in states or countries
Continue reading#ncga: Bill puts legislator’s hometown’s employees into state health plan
Senator Bill Rabon (R) — who, by the way, thinks we need to pay more gas tax — has filed a bill seeking to put employees of The Town of
Continue reading#ncga: No ID? Give them an absentee ballot and move on.
A group of Democrat senators has introduced a bill calling for JUST that. Given that the GOP runs the upper chamber, I would lean toward thinking that this bill has
Continue readingCharlotte aims for rock bottom.
Just when I thought I had seen and heard it all. I never imagined a day would come when our elected officials would be seriously considering legislation allowing one to
Continue reading#ncga: Common Core, coal ash commissions (and their price tags)
I’ve never been a big fan of study commissions organized by politicians. They are almost always easy ways out for politicians looking to avoid having to take a tough stand
Continue readingOccupy crowd has a friend in a high place at NC DEM HQ
When you’re down and troubled and you need a helping hand and nothing, whoa, nothing is going right. Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will
Continue reading#ncga: Instead of tax hikes & corporate welfare, why not tax reform?
Proponents of state ”economic incentives” and the so-called “gas tax cut” claim that we need to enact all of this in order to stay competitive with our neighbors. The really
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