Politics
July 6, 2006 -
In the South, there are some things you just don't ask about. A woman's age, her shoe size, the recipe for a man's bar-b-cue sauce, or the location of his favorite fishing hole are examples of questions that aren't asked in polite company.
July 5, 2006 -
Just when we thought things couldn't get any worse for Florida Senate hopeful Rep.
July 5, 2006 -
President Bush came to Fort Bragg and Fayetteville on July 4. It's becoming something of a ritual: poll numbers sagging, fierce debate about the Iraq war erupting, fly into North Carolina's most famous military town for a round of cheerleading.
July 3, 2006 -
Books and science -- not exactly sacred items in Washington these days. Unions representing 10,000 Environmental Protection Agency scientists -- over half the agency's workforce -- sent a letter to Congress last Thursday protesting the Bush administration's proposed 80 percent cut in the agency's library budget.
June 30, 2006 -
For a long moment, the Duke Lacrosse case was the national story, bursting from the squalid swamps of Nancy Grace sensationalism to dominate news cycles everywhere. Clearly, the story hit a nerve.
June 28, 2006 -
David Sirota has some thoughts on the current debate raging in the U.S. Senate:
June 23, 2006 -
North Carolina is poised to take a very important step towards "clean elections," reforms that get special interest money out, and a people's voice in.