Energy
Unintended consequences of ‘going green’
Jason Hopkins of the Daily Caller reports on one unintended consequence of a major hotel chain’s efforts to win brownie points from those who wish to “go green.” Housekeepers are…
Marriott Hotels & Resorts
flagship brand of Marriott International
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Celebrity check-in
Don Carrington catches Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., at the front desk of the Marriott in Uptown Charlotte.
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Economic impact of Edwards trial
Locker Room passes along this N&O article speculating on the John Edwards trial is having on Greensboro’s economy: It’s a big week for spectacle in this Piedmont town: the Greensboro…
Education
State Board of Education response to charter growth
View in your browser. Welcome Later this week, the State Board of Education (SBE) will determine the fate of nine "fast-track" charter schools. The state’s Public Charter School Advisory Council…
Education
NC is 42nd (not 49th) in per-pupil spending
View in your browser. Welcome I have spent months countering the "49th in the nation myth," a talking point manufactured by public school advocacy groups to attack the budget approved…
Education
School choice: Crime-fighter
View in your browser. Welcome There is love in the air on this Valentine’s Day. Of course, I am talking about love for school choice! What other kind of love…
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Cheney and the media
Andrew Ferguson devotes his latest “Press Man” column in Commentary to a discussion of former Vice President Dick Cheney’s evolving view of the media’s proper role. He learned how to…
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Who’s he calling naive?
The N&R’s Joe Killian writes in an update (not online yet) to yesterday’s story on new plans for a downtown Greensboro luxury hotel that the Ole Asheboro Street Neighborhood Association…
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Cheers, Randolph County?
I heard Biz Journal editor Justin Cantanoso on WFDD this morning discussing the interesting subject of liquor by the drink as an economic development issue in Randolph County: “I hate…
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Who will pay for Duke lacrosse fiasco?
I had breakfast with John Podhoretz a few months ago when he came to Durham to do a piece on the Duke lacrosse case (how’s that for name-dropping?). As we…
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Speaking of progressives, some good lines
While we?re on the subject of progressive Democrats trying to ?take back their party,? how about progressive Democrats trying to ?take back America?? That?s the name of a big confab…