May 23, 2007 – 4:06 pm
No, seriously, he did (Raleigh N&O) House Speaker Joe Hackney said today that he will use the power of his office to kill the proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage. "I said at the beginning of the session that we will control the agenda, and that’s what we will do," the Orange County Democrat said. Hackney […]
May 21, 2007 – 6:54 pm
After a tough time, this is good news for them ANNAPOLIS, MD. – Back in March when the Duke men’s lacrosse team had ascended to the position of the top-ranked lacrosse team in the nation, head coach John Danowski said it was too soon for the Blue Devils to own that distinction. With losses to […]
May 21, 2007 – 4:50 pm
From WRAL: There was another round of good-byes for military families Sunday, this time in Raleigh, where an Army Reserve unit is being called to active duty. Members of the 535th Military Police Battalion will be deployed to Iraq. For 145 soldiers in the 535th, they were saying farewell for at least a year. There […]
May 12, 2007 – 8:36 am
Of course, how else do the Muslims respond to every slight? Spring Hope — Words like "bomb" and "die" draw attention to the small sign in front of Good News Independent Baptist Church. Rev. Gary Murrell put up the sign, which on one side claims the message of Islam is "submit, convert or die." The […]
May 10, 2007 – 7:09 pm
Seriously, why is it that everytime something goes wrong, or is perceived to be wrong, the usual suspects ask for more taxes? Witness this op-ed by Stan Norwalk, who is vice-chairman of WakeUP Wake County, a group whose sole purpose seems to be to find new ways to tax Wake Country residents for some sort […]
May 3, 2007 – 12:29 pm
I’ll admit, I really haven’t followed the issue here in Wake County, NC, regarding the plan to change schools from regular to year round. I assume this is something that is happening all over the country. I have no stake in the game, except for the taxes they yank from my paychecks for their crazy […]
April 27, 2007 – 9:28 pm
Sister Toldjah calls this refreshing Ruth Sheehan Staff Writer Members of the men's Duke lacrosse team: I am sorry. Surely by now you know I am sorry. I am writing these words now, and in this form, as a bookend to 13 months of Duke lacrosse coverage, my role in which started with a March […]
April 27, 2007 – 4:34 pm
From a letter to the editor in the Raleigh News and Observer, Friday, April 27th, by one of two Republicans to vote for the House Surrender in Iraq funding bill: Your April 25 article about the supplemental funding bill for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan wrongly explained my expected support for the bill by […]
April 26, 2007 – 6:16 pm
To continue what I was saying in the Surrender Monkey post this morning, it seems that Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-NC 3rd) has even more to answer for. He voted for the House surrender bill, aaahhh, but it doesn't stop there. Listening to Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC 5th) on WPTF this afternoon, it seems that […]
April 24, 2007 – 1:27 pm
Via WRAL For the second time in two months, a local resident has filed court papers seeking the removal of Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong from office. But a judge overseeing the case said he would again deny the motion. Elizabeth Brewer filed a civil complaint against Nifong in February, alleging willful misconduct and […]
