What a story: Barack Obama wins only 79 % of the Democratic voters in our state’s primary contested only with “No Preference.” What does this tell us of the poll support for Obama, of which we hear so much about? I can’t say, but I can say his own people don’t like him. Of course […]
Not so many years ago every high school had vocational classes. Students weren’t divided into fast track and slow track, although there were AP courses and regular courses. Everyone knew who the tough teachers were. And everyone knew that Joe was a good mechanic, Eddie a good math student, and Sue excellent in history. There […]
Should a voter have to identify himself before being allowed to vote? It seems a simple enough idea; an idea whose purpose is to verify that the person voting is the same as the person who is registered. What is there to oppose about this? Those supporting the idea, typically more conservative in political leanings, […]
The scene that unfolded was nothing short of dumbfounding when Charlotte city staff recommended giving $9 million to the Charlotte Knights to help pay for the team’s proposed uptown stadium: Council member LaWana Mayfield asked how board members should respond if residents ask whether their taxes are going up to pay for baseball. No, Deputy […]
A few days ago Fannie Flono, one of the editorial writers for the Charlotte Observer, wrote about another conference to be held concerning racial issues.This one was about how young black men are victims of violent crime and, by the way, are perpetrators of the same. Uplifting justice is highly challenging in recent days. But […]
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 […]
Wasting money is currently a government function. That, of course, is an opinion. There are too many who, being on the receiving end of the wasteful spending, do not consider it waste at all. They like getting money for nothing. For generations now, the list of recipients has grown each year until we are at […]
It is common knowledge that different types of economic systems have different results. The reason for these varied results has to do with how decisions are made to distribute the material gains of our work. Capitalism has, historically, accumulated wealth as commodities. Commodities translate as those material things that have exchange value; they can be […]
Is Commissioners Chairman Harold Cogdell the first Democrat with any sense of the whole community? Is he the first Democrat with financial acumen? I believe so. All one need do is read his letter to Board of Education Chairman Ericka Ellis-Stewart, to understand his concern for the entire community. Cogdell has the temerity to assert […]
What does the Tea Party and Occupy Charlotte have in common? Crony Capitalism as a legitimate target, and one has to look no further than our own backyard for an example. State and local government representatives, along with their compliant bureaucrats, gave or obligated $22 million to Chiquita Brands to entice them to move their […]
