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Another guy hopes to use celebrity as proxy for expertise
That guy is James Taylor. No, not that James Taylor — the James Taylor who became famous for having seen fire and having seen rain: Singer James Taylor is speaking…
Andy Griffith
American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer (1926–2012)
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Small Is Beautiful
The high-tech nature of the new jail ultimately was its own downfall. Checks and balances were left in the hands of technology, and human redundancy – supposedly – was no…
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The Wall Street Journal Profiles Mayberry
This Wall Street Journal piece about Mount Airy’s Andy Griffith/Mayberry based tourism contains the usual information, but it also touches on the future as the town faces the post-Andy Griffith…
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Two spit-take inducing columns in The N&O today
To anyone who remembers how The News & Observer for two years used everything in its journalistic arsenal to undermine and delegitimize the election of the majority-Republican Wake County school…
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The Politics of Andy Griffith
I teared up upon hearing of Andy Griffith’s death yesterday. Like so many Americans, Sheriff Andy Taylor has been part of my life. I always felt like the fictional Sheriff…
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Andy Griffith, RIP
To paraphrase sister blog Meck Deck when another North Carolina icon died as we celebrated July 4th — flip a burger for Andy, have a cold one for Andy. Remember…
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Is Andy Griffith Next?
The News & Observer reports Jim Hunt is making robocalls for Wake County Democrats running in the school board race. Can perennial liberal Democrat endorser-in-chief Andy Griffith be far behind?…
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They should have listened to Barney Fife’s sage advice
Right Angles readers already know that Congress is investigating a television advertising campaign for ObamaCare featuring Andy Griffith. This reminds me of the comments WTVD solicited from the John Locke…
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Congress investigating ObamaCare ads by Andy Griffith
The ads by Andy Griffith for ObamaCare a few months ago struck people in different ways. Some were aghast at the blatant propagandizing being paid for by taxpayers. Others were…
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O’Reilly cracks on Andy
In case you missed it, Bill O’Reilly took criticized Andy Griffith’s shill for Obamacare for not being factually accurate. Remember —this time around Mr. McBevee is make believe.
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Carolina Journal parody now online
The latest Carolina Journal parody seems especially appropriate given the news surrounding Andy Griffith. You’ll find the CJ parody online here.
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Barney might have set him straight
After endorsing Mike Easley, Beverly Perdue, and ObamaCare, the comedic actor Andy Griffith appears to have lost a healthy chunk of his popular appeal. Before making these endorsements, perhaps he…