With a decisive margin of victory in last night’s Illinois primary, Mitt Romney took one step closer to becoming the GOP nominee. But he still has huge gaps in his quest for the presidency. Evangelical Christians, Tea Party patriots, and those who describe themselves as very conservative are still not in his camp. Come November, […]
Hoke County officials rightfully came under fire last month when it was revealed that a student was forced to eat a school lunch – of chicken nuggets, no less – after a government inspector determined her home-made lunch didn’t meet nutrition standards. Now the state food police is looking to extend its reach into private […]
The Republican presidential nomination process is more than half complete, meaning Ron Paul’s supporters must face a hard fact. Their candidate won’t be the nominee. His delegate count is one-tenth that of Mitt Romney and only Maine has awarded Paul double-digit delegates. Even when Paul wins, he loses. That’s not to say Rep. Paul is […]
There have been two moments of extreme clarity in my lifetime; watershed events that changed the fundamental assumptions upon which our worldview rests. The first date of extreme clarity is September 11, 2001. No thinking person could possibly look at issues of national security and foreign relations the same way before and after the attacks […]
Mitt Romney scored a big win in Puerto Rico, picking up more than 80 percent of the vote and grabbing all of the 20 delegates up for grabs. Romney told the people of Puerto Rico that if they wanted to become the fifty-first state, he would support that effort. But then again so did Rick […]
Burrn Notice When spies are deemed unreliable, the agency sends out a “burn notice”, terminating their connections and leaving them without cash, influence or a support network. In the popular TV series by that name, ex-spy Michael Weston finds himself blacklisted and stuck in Miami, where he follows a trail hoping to find the people […]
If we are ever going to balance our budget, the national budget, everyone is going to have to give up something in the process. There are not enough pork barrel, purely wasteful, vote-buying programs to come close to accomplishing this goal without each of us losing something free, something paid for by government transfers from […]
“A pint of plain is your only man.” – Flann O’Brien Slainte!
… Anybody else’s brackets just go up in flames? Twice, in less than 12 hours? Really?
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials this week unveiled a budget plan for the 2012-13 school year that tops out at $1.2 billion, an overall increase of 2.3 percent, and includes an ask of an additional $27.5 million from the county, after CMS endured wholesale financial calamity in the current year budget that saw the district receive an […]
