Whenever a Democrat asks me about beating Liddy Dole next year, I ask this trivia question: Who was the last Democrat from North Carolina to win a U.S...

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The Basiji Force is a militia group in Iran. It is not unlike the ‘Brownshirts’ in Germany in the 1930’s and just as the ‘Brownshirts’ had Hitler’s ap...

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After David Halberstam died this week, The News & Observer reported on a chance meeting that U.S. Attorney George Holding had with Halberstam a mo...

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Bush and Cheney claim that Democrats are playing politics with the war. I can understand.  After all, they think the war is theirs to play polit...

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Dennis Kucinich is flakier than Kellogg’s.  But he’s on to something. He introduced articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney.  Republica...

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Democratic State Representative Linda Coleman has sponsored legislation to take control of the State Pension Fund away from Treasurer Richard Moore an...

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As he runs for President, John Edwards is undergoing a level of scrutiny he’s never experienced before.  Mr. Edward’s is not the first candidate ...

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After AG Roy Cooper’s announcement in the Duke case, I praised his performance – both here and in The News & Observer. So now I can take him to t...

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States is not losing in Iraq. In that case, I’d hate to see losing. Click Here to discuss and comment...

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After the Virginia Tech shootings, both sides of the gun-control issue lined up and took their usual firing positions.  But don’t expect anything...

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