Getting filthy rich off of Uncle Sam
I realize the economy stinks. But The Wall Street Journal lets us know that NOT EVERYONE is suffering: On a bright spring morning, Debbie Driesman and
Continue readingThe congressional farm bill: growing the welfare state, passing around Pork, spreading more fertilizer
North Carolina’s senators, Kay Hagan (D) and Richard Burr (R), are teaming up to fend off purported cuts to federal subsidies for tobacco insurance.
Continue readingE-Mail: Craven GOP chair thought Tillis censure, letter, and meeting were A-OK from the start
We’ve been getting disturbing reports from on-the-ground in Craven County about how county GOP chairman Paul Hill has changed course on — and is now opposing — the Tillis censure
Continue readingThom Tillis? FOR SENATE ? (Ya Don’t Say.)
Well, the worst kept secret in North Carolina politics got “let out of the bag” today — state House speaker Thom Tillis is jumping into the 2014 US Senate GOP
Continue readingSources: NCGOP HQ siding with Tillis re: spat with Craven GOP
We broke the story yesterday about the vote in Craven County to censure state House Speaker Thom Tillis. Now come word, from sources close to the censure
Continue readingSouthern Pines paper’s op-ed editor upset about presence of so many military in the area
Steve Bouser, editor of our world-class, multiple Nobel Prize and Lambda Award-winning thrice twice-weekly local newspaper here in Moore County recently had a meltdown, which he
Continue readingCENSURED: Craven Co. GOPers have some choice words for The Speaker
The executive committee of the Craven County Republican Party has voted to issue a letter of censure against state House Speaker Thom Tillis. (Read it in its
Continue readingCommon Core, our kids, our state’s future, and surrender by the NCGOP establishment
Recently, I’ve been subjected to some insinuations that my Christianity and my conservatism are in question because I dare to raise questions about the leadership of the North Carolina
Continue readingA Carolina horror story: re-aligning the SBI
I don’t understand what has people — who don’t have a political allegiance aligned with that of Attorney General Roy Cooper — all shaken up about realigning the SBI into
Continue readingBack from vay-cay: Tanned, rested and ready to rumble!
I know we call ourselves “daily,” but we’re only human. Sometimes we need to stop and smell the roses. The staff and I did just that for the Memorial Day
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