It’s a high-wire act that Gov.-elect Pat McCrory is attempting. He’s the reasonable Republican who used to be the mayor of Charlotte. He’s Art Pope’s tea party toy, fronting for a right-wing Republican regime. Can he possibly balance the two roles? The answer is that whatever he used to be, McCrory will do Pope’s bidding […]
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Note to Kieran Shanahan: About that motto of yours —
Self-portrait A tough Irishman, is the way Kieran Shanahan likes to be seen. Shanahan is Governor-elect McCrory’s pick to be secretary of public safety. It’s a big job now that prisons have been rolled into the same department with other functions like the Highway Patrol. A former Raleigh city council member, Shanahan is an ex-prosecutor […]
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In giving up on key issues, we endanger our children’s future
Don’t lose this feeling. This mix of tears and resolvedon’t get over it; don’t set it aside. This is what I’ve been telling myself since Friday. Keep it. Act on it. Sunday night, my wife, Pam, and I took part in the vigil at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh. At the end, everyone lit […]
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How does the NRA rate Sen. Kay Hagan, up for re-election in ’14?
Sending along a tweet from the Washington Post: This WaPo chart shows that most Senate Dems up in ’14 have “C” or worse grade from NRA wapo.st/TsmaqO— amy walter (@amyewalter) December 17, 2012
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Remembering Olivia Engel, 6, and finding resolve after Newtown
Don’t lose this feeling. This mix of tears and resolve—don’t get over it; don’t set it aside. This is what I’ve been telling myself since Friday. Keep it. Act on it. Last night, Pam and I took part in the vigil at Pullen Church in Raleigh. At the end, everyone lit a candle using one […]
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5 p.m. at Pullen Church: Vigil for the Newtown victims and for an end to gun violence
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church and Martin Street Baptist Church will co-host the service at Pullen. It will be brief, about 30 minutes, and give us a chance to grieve together. I look into the faces of smiling children, and I tear up. I don’t want to lose this feeling. I want to keep it and […]
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Video sweepstakes parlors? State can ban ’em, N.C. high court says
photo by Bob GearyThe setup in Roanoke Rapids Another tough break for the palace in Roanoke Rapids formerly known as the Randy Parton Theater. Let’s see if the Republicans in Raleigh change directions now and let them stay open — w/ campaign contributions cheerfully accepted. Supreme Court upholds state ban on video sweepstakes machines – […]
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NC Dems Chair Parker won’t run again … again.
That’s right. David Parker wasn’t going to run again for state Democratic Party chair the last time he got himself re-elected Democratic Party chair. But that was then, and this time, he really, really means it: Friends, North Carolinians, and Fellow Democrats, I will not seek re-election as Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party […]
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Why Gov. Perdue should pardon the Wilmington Ten
Four decades later, memories of the case are hazy, if it’s remembered at all. The Wilmington Ten were convicted on charges of conspiracy and assault in connection with the Feb. 6, 1971, firebombing of a neighborhood grocery. A federal appeals court overturned their convictions. The defendants were never retried. The charges were never dismissed. And […]
