Tag: media

Berger ally strikes blow against NCGA GOP

Posted on April 23, 2025 by Brant Clifton

“Isn’t it ironic, don’t ya think?” — Alanis Morrisette Readers of this website and voters in Rockingham County may recognize the name of Judge Ed Wilson. Wilson, a

Flowers are blooming. Temperatures rising. Berger Team? (Back in Court.)

Posted on April 21, 2025April 21, 2025 by Brant Clifton

A lawsuit that had its origins in Rockingham County may now have seismic consequences for state Republican politics. A former Rockingham County commissioner — and critic of casinos and other

Chickens coming home to roost re: betting on college sports

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Brant Clifton

I’m old enough to remember when the gambling industry was kept at arms-length from college sports. It was a noble attempt to try and preserve some integrity for extracurricular activities

‘He has to shrink away from greatness’ : The NY Times on Thom Tillis’s ‘poignant surrender’

Posted on April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 by Brant Clifton

‘Greatness,’ eh? The New York Times slobbering lovingly over a Republican sets off my alarm bells and should do the same for every other conservative out there. Apparently, to The

A wee bit of truth to water down the tariff hysteria

Posted on April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Never mind the damage that Biden and Obama and the Bushes did to our national economy. What Trump is doing with these tariffs is — we’re told by our marxist

Raleigh’s conservative revolution talking out of both sides of their mouths re: DEI

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Yet another outbreak of ‘mealy-mouth’ disease in Raleigh shouldn’t surprise much of anyone. On Jones Street, the lies come pouring out so fast and furious that it’s often hard to

How to view the budget debate in DC

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Elon Musk and his team at DOGE have been doing yeoman’s work at the federal level. It’s absolutely refreshing to see and hear this kind of discussion emanating from our

The SCC Files: going off the deep end (AGAIN)

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It’s a universally-accepted fact around Moore County that Sandhills Community College (SCC) president emeritus John Dempsey is a nice person who can be a lot of fun at cocktail parties.

Elon & DOGE set to target ‘strangely wealthy’ congress-critters

Posted on April 6, 2025April 7, 2025 by Brant Clifton

THAT should get the attention of North Carolina’s own David Rouzer. President Trump’s very own DOGE-meister Elon Musk has informed the world that his team is planning to look really

Tom Sawyer’s fence-painting scam alive and well in Raleigh, DC

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Mark Twain did a great job capturing American life during his time. In fact, he did such a good job that modern-day leftists have banned and censored the bejeezus out