Says here that three tickets won the record-setting $640 million Mega Millons lottery jackpot; a lot of loot, to be certain, which would take any near-normal, rational person years to burn through. Know what’s not normal or rational? The Indy Star’s Gary Varvel does and puts the insanity that is our federal government in stark […]
The fine people of Sanford, Florida, have recently had to welcome the circus to town. The visit of one of the not-so-greatest shows on earth follows the killing of a 17-year-old man named Trayvon Martin, who was shot dead by George Zimmerman a little over a month ago. The fact that Zimmerman killed Martin is […]
That would be End of Month, for the acronym challenged; a new twist we’ve added to help keep the House up and running, in which we entreat readers for some financial support. A tip drive, if you will. Think of it this way: when you go out for dinner, most folks leave a tip for […]
The question started churning in my brain when Tea Party favorite, Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee, tossed his weight behind Mitt Romney. The churning turned into a rumbling with a formal Romney endorsement from George H.W. Bush, along with one from Florida’s Sen. Marc Rubio. And now this: That’s a mighty load of churning and rumbling […]
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently launched the highest profile assault on the gold standard since President Richard Nixon closed the gold window in 1971. The Wall Street Journal headlined its report “Bernanke Defends Country’s Break With the Gold Standard.” “The gold standard would not be feasible for both practical reasons and policy reasons,” Bernanke […]
There was a marvelous moment in Washington, DC, the other day. No, I am not talking about the reports that Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg apparently stayed awake for the entire Obamacare hearing. I’m not even thinking of that oh-so-telling, hot-mic moment for President Obama, when he confided to Russia’s president that after his coronation in November […]
Alternate headline – McCrory: “I Am Not a Sheep” – shamelessly stolen from guerilla blogger Jeff Taylor, who runs down our former mayor’s strange assemblage of a Gov2012 campaign team: Pat McCrory — long regarded as an easy mark by GOP consultants looking to take his money — has hired Fred Davis to helm his TV […]
The Charlotte City Council approved spending $541,000 this week to install decorative streetlights in two urban neighborhoods, but not before lighting up accusations of class warfare and reopening a contentious debate on the tens of thousands of dollars the city continues to pay every month for streetlights that don’t work. The city has an annual […]
Mecklenburg Commissioner Bill James blasted out an email this week that pretty much speaks for itself and is sure to ruffle some feathers as 1) Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools enters its budget season with a request of $27.5 million in additional funding from the county and 2) a group of residents, largely from Mecklenburg’s southern and northern […]
I grimaced yesterday as I read a local online publication called the Swampscott Patch, which covers the greater Massachusetts area. The site had a release from the principal of a high school advising that on Friday he would waive the school’s dress code so students could wear hoodies all day and in every class, part […]
