It does my heart good to see The Supremes back together and almost working a full day. The nine distinguished justices are, of course, hearing the matter of Obamacare. By Supreme Court standards it’s an overtime day. They will have actually heard a grand total of six hours of oral arguments spread out over the […]
I don’t know anyone – liberal, conservative, libertarian, or socialist for that matter – who believes that welfare is better than work. Do you? So if everyone agrees welfare is undesirable, why on earth are so many Americans on it? That question will answer itself at the end of this column. The dilemma of government-monopoly […]
They probably don’t know it, but the Occupy Charlotte movement is gearing up to protest the exorbitant cost of light rail. Their specific target is bus/rail fare increases being proposed by the Charlotte Area Transit System, which Queen City occupiers – last seen being rousted from their uptown encampment – are encouraging folks to speak up […]
CNN’s Howard Kurtz seems perplexed over why MSNBC would allow Al Sharpton to be both an active and leading participant in rallies that have erupted around the Trayvon Martin shooting case and also a news anchor covering the same. This from NewsBusters: “How can MSNBC allow that?” Kurtz wondered about Sharpton whom he sees as […]
I write to discuss my opinions, but also to share the facts that brought me to those opinions. I hope you read the facts and my opinions, but I hope you use your own brain to come to your own opinions. I am of the belief that people just really need some facts to go […]
According to this article in the Charlotte Observer, over 30 religious leaders in Charlotte used last weekend’s services to speak out against passage of Amendment One, which would ban gay marriage in North Carolina and is on the ballot during the May 8 Primary elections. Cats laying with dogs might be an almost over the […]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina The Harlem Globetrotters, and special guest Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis, check in at the Park Road YWCA before wowing the crowd at TWC Arena. [nggallery id=23]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina Retro-horror movie fans get their share of thrills and chills during the Mad Monster Party at the Blake Hotel. [nggallery id=22]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina Participants in the Touch-a-Truck Extravaganza at Zuma Fun Center in Pineville help raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House and Second Harvest Foodbank. [nggallery id=21]
The North Carolina Libertarian Party unanimously passed a resolution opposing the proposed state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage at its annual convention held Saturday in Durham. Rather than fulfilling the “great value” of a constitution, which is to protect individual rights, the amendment would deny rights to segment of the population and discriminate against […]
