Former INDY Week columnist Bob Geary weighs in on Raleigh’s housing crisis.
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Candidate Questionnaire: Patrick Buffkin, Raleigh City Council, District A
Buffkin is seeking to replace Dickie Thompson, who is not running again.
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The Quiet Battle for the N.C. Supreme Court Matters More Than You Think
Oyez! Oyez! It’s April 13, and the N.C. Supreme Court is in session in Raleigh. The seven justices enter their courtroom in solemn fashion, taking their seats behind the walnut-paneled bench. Chief Justice Mark Martin, a Republican, is in the center. The six associate justices are divided equally between Republicans and Democrats, giving the Republicans […]
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Duke’s Adjunct Faculty Uprising Is Just What Higher Ed Needs
The culmination of the months-long campaign to organize a faculty union at Duke University came far from the campus, in the nondescript offices of the National Labor Relations Board in Winston-Salem. It was, for anyone who cares about the state of American universities, a sobering scene. This was the counting of mailed-in ballots to determine […]
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The Case for Bernie: 5 Reasons the Vermont Socialist Deserves Your Vote
Decimated. I’m watching Bernie Sanders following the South Carolina primary, and he’s not putting any gloss on the rout he suffered. Decimated is the word he uses. So here’s where we are, Bernie fans. We had a tie and a close loss in the first two caucus states. We won big in the New Hampshire […]
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Parting Shots: A Column Ends, But the Struggle Continues
This is it for my weekly column. Bottom of the ninth, last licks. Which is awkward, because I never got around to writing about the next round of roundabouts planned for Hillsborough Street in Raleigh. Never said what I think about the “Connect NC” bond issue on our March primary ballots. Didn’t say that N.C. […]
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Do You Miss the Public Option Yet?
Hankies were optional when the news hit that Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina lost money again in 2015 because of Obamacare. CEO Brad Wilson told The News & Observer that BCBSNC may stop selling policies under the Affordable Care Act if losses continue, as Wilson predicted they will despite an average 32.5 percent […]
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Why Wake County Needs to Take the School Bond to Voters
I support the half-cent sales tax for transit in Wake County. That’s one reason it would be a mistake if the Wake County commissioners decide against taking a school-bond issue to the voters this year in hopes of bolstering the transit tax. Let me anticipate the attack ad: “Wake voters!” it’ll say. “The Democrat commissioners […]
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Why Is Duke Energy Pushing to Make Nuclear “Clean”?
The first sign that the N.C. Energy Policy Council is not your most representative group is that all 12 members are men. All white men, in fact, except for Carl Wilkins, who is African-American. No women need apply, apparently. The council is only advisory and, to my knowledge, does not actually influence energy policy. Duke […]
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Bernie Sanders’ political revolution is only impossible if you don’t believe
Well, now we’ve gone and done it. WeI’ll call us insurgent Democrats, though in truth many of us are Democratic-leaning independentsare backing Bernie Sanders in alarming numbers and with too much enthusiasm. We thus threaten the status quo that theyI’ll call them establishment Democratsthink is going pretty darn well, thank you, and will continue to […]