Daily Archives: April 16, 2011

True Colors Shining Through

Written on April 16, 2011 at 5:09 pm, by

I just finished reading the N&O’s extensive coverage of yesterday’s Raleigh Tea Party…Oh, wait. I’m wrong, there wasn’t any mention of the Tea Party in the online N&O. My bad. Maybe it’s because Saturday is such an important news day…No, it’s usually the slow day. Of, course, it could have been because it was tooContinue Reading

It’s on …

Written on April 16, 2011 at 1:43 pm, by

A few hours after the General Assembly ratified a bill linking an extension in unemployment benefits to a continuing budget resolution (should the legislature and Gov. Bev Perdue be at loggerheads at the end of the fiscal year), Perdue said she would veto the measure. As many as 37,000 North Carolinians may miss unemployment checksContinue Reading

Dictating is easy; leading is hard

Written on April 16, 2011 at 12:26 pm, by

That’s the title of my Townhall column this morning. A couple of excerpts: … The president is especially glum. The American people — and worse for him, his own party — expect him to lead, a rather daunting prospect that includes convincing Republicans to follow. Becoming such a leader cuts strongly against his natural inclinationsContinue Reading