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A Mighty Fortress
Sometimes, I wish our leaders would divert some attention from self-protection to public safety.
Political leadership
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Leadership and civility in N.C. politics
As a Democrat, state Rep. Rick Glazier of Cumberland County will spend the next two years in the minority party in the N.C. House of Representatives. Glazier knows he and…
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We Know It In Our Gut
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan discusses the qualities of leadership and her assessment of the current president. From my standpoint, this is really about the gut reaction we…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Libertarian Gillespie doesn’t buy the argument that President Obama bears no blame for the shutdown
After writing a column titled “Let Us Be Clear: Obama Deserves Chief Responsibility for Gov’t Shutdown,” Nick Gillespie of Reason magazine responded this week to left-of-center criticism of his arguments.…
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Left-of-center columnist asks, ‘What if Obama can’t lead?’
Ron Fournier‘s latest column at National Journal contends “the modern GOP is an obstructionist, rudderless party often held hostage by extremists.” That doesn’t stop Fournier from questioning the 44th president’s…
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More good sense from Thomas Sowell
In today’s WSJ: Thomas Sowell writing in The American Spectator, July 9: The civil rights movement in 20th century America attracted many people who put everything on the line…
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A Carolina crisis of leadership
That’s the subject of John Hood’s column today. A highlight: North Carolina has no shortage of challenges. I’ve come to believe that the most serious one is a leadership crisis.…
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Where and When Can I Vote For This Man?
This message should stop you in your tracks. Finally, a leader who isn’t afraid to lead. A man who doesn’t shrink from telling the truth. He’s not running now, but just wait.…
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Barone dissects the president’s foot-dragging leadership on issues that offend pals
Michael Barone‘s latest Washington Examiner column discusses President Obama’s unwillingness to show forceful leadership on issues that are bound to rock some of his base supporters. The day before [Chris]…
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Blank slates don’t lead
Barack Obama became president because he was a blank slate. As he wrote in The Audacity of Hope, “I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different…
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G’boro politics: porn, garbage
Prominent Greensboro bloggers are hotly debating the number of porn site hits up at the city’s central library. John Hammer joins the debate, reporting the disputed numbers as fact in…
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Do Republicans need a leader now?
Mark Halperin suggests as much in the latest TIME: Unless the GOP ? quickly ? finds an appealing, aggressive and competent face for itself, Obama is going to have an…