A growing number of Americans are dangerously obese and obviously need big government intervention to help win the battle of the bulge. That’s the conclusion of new report released by the Institute of Medicine at a three-day Weight of the Nation and Centers for Disease Control conference. The IOM warns that 42 percent of Americans […]
A proposal to outlaw the use of cellphones and hands-free cellphone devices while driving within Charlotte city limits has been forwarded to the city council’s community safety committee for review and possible recommendation for approval by the full council. The proposal’s referral to committee gained unanimous endorsement from councilmembers last month after Mayor Pro Tem […]
Mike Lee, U.S. Senator from Utah, recently sponsored a bill entitled the “Federal Reserve Modernization Act.” It is the counterpart to Rep. Kevin Brady’s Sound Dollar Act of 2012 (which enjoys 35 House cosponsors and, of equal note, already is drawing liberal fire). The Brady/Lee legislation represents an important first step forward to restoring good […]
The evolution of Barack Obama is complete…or is it? When young Mister Obama first ran for office in Chicago he proclaimed that he was in favor of same-sex marriage. Then a few years later, when he was running for United States Senate, he said that he opposed it. As of yesterday he has come full […]
Elections are supposed to produce definitive, by-the-numbers winners and losers, but the end game in several local races from Tuesday night’s primary likely have a ways to go before crossing the finish line. The most confusing, not surprisingly, involves the 12-candidate mishmash Democrats fielded for the at-large county board primary. That’s where Kim Ratliff and […]
Last night’s vote on North Carolina’s so-called Marriage Amendment didn’t do any favors for President Obama. Not only was The One, who still claims an “evolving” position on gay marriage, last seen ducking a planned visit to the Tar Heel state on Election Day; the passage of Amendment One is also causing a backlash for […]
Elections all over the country yesterday: In Indiana, voters asked the question, “Hoosier daddy, Dick?” as they kicked long-time US Senator Richard Lugar to the curb. Lugar was the quintessential RINO and a career politician to beat the band. Add in the fact that Lugar no longer even pretended to live in Indiana and the […]
Bill James held off an aggressive challenge from Ed Driggs to win the GOP primary for the District 6 seat on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, with the eight-term incumbent commissioner capturing nearly 52 percent of the vote. But less than eight hours after taking the win in the heavily Republican district, James’ attention […]
So after making a scouting loop of some precincts this morning – fairly moderate to decent turnout at the ones I hit – I returned to the homestead around noonish to find my answering machine lit up with 14 recordings from various campaigns delivering last-minute pitches, everything from candidates having their – pick one – […]
Martin Bashir, the muppet whisperer from MSDNC – the cable network favored by both Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden, has declared that Mitt Romney is the real European Socialist in the presidential race. Bashir prattled on with some strange babble about austerity and European leaders, but I could barely make it out over the hooting […]
