Raleigh, the rest of The Triangle, and Greenville are currently roiled in a debate over pediatric sex change procedures. PR departments are spinning at light-speed and web sites are being
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I can now say that I HAVE met Ted. Budd, that is. Our paths crossed at an event in Sanford Friday night. I have to hand it to him. Budd
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Indian reservations have arguably outlived their usefulness. They did some good amid the turmoil of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But nowadays, Indian reservations and related programs do
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It’s good to see our new senator siding with the likes of Mike Lee (R-Utah): Twenty-four Republican senators have signed a letter to President Joe Biden stating their opposition to raising
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Our junior US senator has been maintaining quite a low profile on Capitol Hill since winning the November 2022 election and getting sworn in. But Project Veritas’s release of a
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He’s back. When we last saw Catherine Truitt’s predecessor at NC DPI, Mark Johnson, he was quitting his post to make a quixotic run for lieutenant governor. (Johnson finished third
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We got an interesting release today detailing our senator-elect’s first two hires. A guy named Tucker Knott will be chief of staff, while a guy named Chad Yelinski will
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Who benefits? I want to start off with a hearty welcome to the fray for young Colon Campbell, formerly of The N&O’s men’s room beat and now the editor
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Check out this quote in DC’s The Hill newspaper: […]“North Carolina is a true purple state. Thirty percent of our voters are registered Republicans, 34 [percent] are registered as Democrats,
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I’ve had time to soak in the developments from Friday night’s US Senate debate. I’ve talked to some not-so-political folks as well as my usual coterie of political animals. Here
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