The Daily Haymaker

Pinehurst FINALLY has a queen …

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The birds are singing more cheerfully. Rainbows are decorating the sky. The Pinehurst Police have abandoned their speed traps and have actually gone back to patrolling. Blossoms are appearing

Et tu, Faison?

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Boss Bev needs to read up on Julius Caesar. Her current predicament is eerily similar to the one faced by the legendary Roman emperor during his final days in

Indictment of Boss Bev cronies is like deja vu all over again …

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

If I talked to you about a governor with cronies laundering money to sidestep campaign finance laws, you’d think I was talking about Mike Easley. We went through a

The decline and fall of ESPN

Posted on November 29, 2011November 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Like many of you, I took in quite a bit of televised sports over the Thanksgiving weekend. One night, while watching my beloved Tar Heels on ESPN,

Machetes, body armor, and the biting of cops — Oh My!

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Despite all of the propaganda in the alleged mainstream media (AMSM) — and the rambling emails from Occupiers to this blog — I am still NOT buying the

NC gas tax cap races through state House (Speed bump awaits in Senate)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The conservative majority in the North Carolina General Assembly’s lower chamber did its duty and overwhelmingly approved, on Monday, legislation to hold the current state gas

Pinehurst Village Council: Fireworks in November?

Posted on November 29, 2011November 29, 2011 by Brant Clifton

John Marcum may have finished a distant second in this month’s mayoral race, but he is certainly not riding off quietly into the sunset. Marcum’s

Civitas: Pinehurst’s Blake is NC Senate’s top conservative

Posted on November 28, 2011November 28, 2011 by Brant Clifton

According to NC Civitas, a Raleigh-based conservative think tank, Senator Harris Blake (R-Pinehurst) is wrapping up this session at the top of the class, with a perfect

The selective coverage of politician “sins”

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Rob Christensen, senior political writer and resident newsroom wonderboy at The N&O, wants us to believe that today’s allegedly mainstream media (AMSM) is MUCH tougher on political

Apple, $46 million for 50 jobs, and the $1.7M jacuzzi …

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory (R) and some legislative Republicans in Raleigh are talking up the idea of reforming the state’s economic development practices.