One of our readers emailed today that Mayor Meeker apparently believes he is Mayor of Downtown Raleigh only. I can feel his pain. I sometimes feel t...

[Click to read and post comments...]

National Republicans are learning what North Carolina Democrats have long known about Liddy Dole: empty suit. Senator Dole was the target of front-pa...

[Click to read and post comments...]

How long will it take for the rumors to start? Last week, Governor Easley was in Washington for two appearances: A speech to the Center for Americ...

[Click to read and post comments...]

Last spring, when Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa sold Raleigh on a $2.5 million outdoor art display with a cloud of floating lights and a wall of mist ...

[Click to read and post comments...]

John Edwards is always exhorting Democrats to have more courage. To stand up for their convictions. Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich rece...

[Click to read and post comments...]

Two members of the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of Wake County have weighed in on my comments. First, a businessman I know well who served on...

[Click to read and post comments...]

Here’s how the Democrats in the legislature handle the state budget. For five of the last six years they’ve given us deficits from $200 million to $1...

[Click to read and post comments...]

Authorities have arrested three men – and are seeking five others – overseas in a plot to blow up the train tunnels beneath the Hudson River that lead...

[Click to read and post comments...]

“I believe in a Democratic Party with a little backbone and a little guts.” John Edwards is again calling on Democrats that have ‘guts;’ this time wh...

[Click to read and post comments...]