House Republicans gave Leo Daughtry another try as leader, but the mandate wasn’t overwhelming. Now as he and several others try to become speaker, there are many possible combinations -- and a lot riding on the outcome.
One night the comic-strip character Binkley from Bloom County woke his father with the rant, "Well, Dad, I guess it's safe to say we aren't exactly a couple of short, Hispanic, Hindu, French-speaking, physically handicapped, Communist, gay, black women." Binkley's problem that night was his realization that "in every regard, we're hopelessly in the majority."
A recent radio appearance led to calls for a lengthier discussion of one of the most important political issues of modern times: why Batman is a conservative, Superman a liberal, Aquaman a Green, and Spider-Man a libertarian.
John Unitas' blue-collar ethic, humanity, and lack of ego set an example that today's pro athletes should emulate.
The General Assembly should remove the cap on the number of charter schools and let competition in education flourish.
North Carolina's new and costly business incentives program is a bad idea that is doomed to failure.
All indications are that Wednesday’s special veto session of the N.C. General Assembly, the first ever, won’t be the scene of a surprise move on redistricting or a state lottery. But some will be watching the skies, just in case.
Minutes of the Duke English Dept. meeting wherein faculty decide to dump Shakespeare, Chaucer and Milton for "Gender and Sexuality," "The Science of Literature," "Psychoanalysis and Literature," &c.
Until the 1990s, North Carolina Republicans made only “punctuated progress.” They gained in presidential years, lost in midterms. Now their biggest gains are happening in off-year elections, as can be seen in legislative and county commission outcomes.
The Democrats’ presidential campaign basically began on Tuesday. Gephardt and Daschle are down, Gore is sideways, Kerry and Edwards are still bouncing around, and Dean is small-fry.
Did North Carolina see a “good” turnout on Tuesday? That’s what folks were saying on Election Day, but in historical terms the answer is no. And it doesn’t matter, anyway — speculation about overall turnout is a distraction from real analysis.
