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Speaking of the election…
The Charlotte Observer has an interest post-election analysis with some interesting quotes: • “I was running against six people, and the former mayor was one of them for sure.” —…
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Remap: McHenry vs. Samuelson
The Charlotte Post teases out an intra-GOP tussle over redistricting between Rep. Patrick McHenry and state Rep. Ruth Samuelson. McHenry boasted to Politico a couple weeks back that with a…
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Bin Laden and Black America
Interesting op-ed piece in the The Charlotte Post: Some African Americans, out of a naïve or uninformed sense of Third World solidarity, may be tempted to lament Osama bin Laden…
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Those Dirty, Bad Liquor Profits
Have to chuckle over the quote The Charlotte Post extracted from a defender of the current liquor system status quo, warning that the “profit motive” in a privatized system will…
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Hood analyzes state, national issues
State governments across the country face daunting budget challenges. John Locke Foundation President John Hood‘s documentation of those challenges in the latest issue of National Affairs continues to attract attention.…
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Peter Gorman: Crazy or Genius?
I’m going to retire from having an opinion on the topic. Just the other day I was convinced that Harding High had been Sneaky Pete’s actual target for closing all…
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Ann Caulkins' Conflict of Interest
Extremely odd, misleading, and ethically suspect story in the Charlotte Observer today on a proposal by Center City Partners and the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority to ban conventional newspaper racks…
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Post Gets It Right; Tax Backers Freak
Very interesting. The Charlotte Post prints an informative, balanced story quoting light rail critic Randal O’Toole and the next thing you know, transit tax backers unveil plans to blanket African-American…
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When is a Thug a Thug?
Charlotte attorney Angela Lindsay asks that question in a powerful editorial in The Charlotte Post. Lindsay asks if it is alright to call accused cop killer Demeatrius Montgomery a thug…
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About That Time Magazine Story
Charlotte seems to be all convulsed over the Time story claiming that marginal students were railroaded out of Myers Park High School. Hang on. This is essentially the same story…
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One Burning Issue That Doesn’t Need Fuel
Following the Supreme Court ruling in Kelo, a has roared across the nation. Groups, both large and small, have come out in defense of property rights. At JLF, legal and…