A friend of mine said today she considers her speeding tickets to be a “freedom tax” – the price she must pay to choose the speed she will drive on the open highway. It reminded me that I have been blessed with an overabundance of very cool friends. Naturally, our group chimed in and improved […]
There was a huge hullabaloo on Saturday at the Massachusetts Republican Party caucus events. You’ll surely remember that Mitt Romney won the Massachusetts Republican primary a few weeks back. He won it in a pretty major way, too, racking up 70-plus percent of the primary votes. Well that was the beauty contest part and this […]
I started this blog to support conservative candidates and push for conservative principles. If I did not think Ric Killian was the hands down best choice in this race, I would not have written this piece. If you step back and take an objective look at the maelstrom that has become the Republican primary for […]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina Revelers enjoy the festivities at Big Bottles and Blues at the Ritz Carlton’s Urban Garden, part of Charlotte Wine & Food Weekend. [nggallery id=28]
With polls showing opposition to Amendment One gaining marginal ground and support slipping, both sides are ramping up their messaging efforts with TV ad buys leading into the May 8 vote. This from Public Policy Polling: This is the lowest level of support PPP has found in monthly polling of the amendment since last October. […]
For those just tuning in, and the perpetually acronym challenged, E.O.M. would be End of Month, when 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 their waiter if the service was good. If […]
Tillis’ Chief of Staff and fellow “Protector of Marriage” Charles Thomas Resigns After Affair is Discovered Charles Thomas, the married chief of staff to state House Speaker Thom Tillis and part of the brain trust that helped craft Amendment One to “protect marriage”, resigned Thursday evening after admitting to an affair with Jessica Hayes, a […]
“Don’t confuse me with the facts. I’ve got a closed mind.” These words were famously uttered by Rep. Earl Landgrebe (R-IN), a Nixon partisan to the bitter end, at the Watergate hearings. They are all that remain of that legislator’s political legacy. And yet, they reveal a truth. Michael Kinsley defines a gaffe as when […]
Here are two stories which point out that we may very well be living in Bizarro World. You remember that comic book, where everything looked like planet earth and people looked, well, like people but it was all upside down and backwards. First stop on our tour of the twisted takes us to Falmouth, Mass., […]
Republican primary elections are typically no-drama affairs for incumbent Mecklenburg Commissioner Bill James, who hasn’t faced any serious opposition in more than a decade for the seat he’s held for eight terms representing the heavily suburban District 6. This year is proving an exception, as the oft-outspoken and controversial James squares off against Ed Driggs, […]
