I'll be taking the day off from blogging, except for this piece.
Friday, Nov 27
Tomorrow night at 7pm, the Christmas Season gets kicked off with the' [...]
Last year, I listed a few things I’m grateful for in my little world of journalism. Here’s this year’s list. And in that spirit, I wish all OTTERBLOG readers (fans and critics alike) a good Thanksgiving.
1) Cell phone cameras. The ability to take and send images quickly and surreptitiously has [...]
Since local blogger Roch 101 enjoys fact-checking N&R letters to the editor, he should have a field day with this howler from Siler City reader Sandi Campbell, which appears under the headline ‘Years of cutting taxes have hobbled California’:
California is a microcosm of what 30 years of relentless [...]
The mainstream media and the lefty blogs were quick to blame right-wing fanatics for the death of a census worker who was found with the word “FED” written on his chest. The case has now been ruled a definite suicide and has been cleared.
Waiting for the apologies. Waiting…waiting…waiting…
[...]Hardly a scoop. Pitts has been clueless for years.
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At N.C. Policy Watch, we pride ourselves on trying not to follow the lead of some of the right-wing blogs by descending into the name-calling game. We may have fallen off the wagon a few times, but generally, we’ve managed to avoid calling the politicians with [...]
What started out yesterday as an interesting blog post on Charlotte’s homeless situation disappeared for a bit, only to be re-posted today with a softer, less jarring close and a lot of interesting dialog excised.
Yesterday CL blogger Brittney Cason rolled with My weekend in Uptown, with the homeless … [...]
At Saturday evening's NC GOP Hall of Fame dinner, your blogger was pleased to see that Judge Barbara Jackson is throwing her hat into the ring for North Carolina Supreme Court.
Judge Jackson hopes to become Justice Jackson by continuing her [...]
This morning, your blogger was discussing with a friend, how amazed we are why those on both the right and left get so negatively emotional when they discuss former Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin? "Why are her naysayers so afraid", we wondered.
Palin has it all and is [...]
Guest Blogger: Karl Campbell
Soon-to-be-resigning Sen. Tony Rand, a Fayetteville Democrat, will be remembered for many things, but helping launch the marijuana smoke-enveloped Peachtree Celebration likely is not one.
State Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin's "Wayne's World" blog, though, explains Rand's role in the 1972 rock festival, a veritable Woodstock-come-to-Richmond-County, complete with [...]
From politico.com comes this blog about Rep. David Obey (D-Wisconsin), who is the House Appropriations chairman (emphasis is mine):
‘If they ask for an increased troop commitment in Afghanistan, I am going to ask them to pay for it.’ Obey, a Democrat, made it clear that he is absolutely opposed [...]
According to the national policy blog, Think Progress, North Carolina’s most embarrassing member of Congress is at it again.
“Foxx: Republicans ‘Passed Civil Rights Bills back in the 60’s without Very Much Help’ from Democrats
During a debate on the House floor today over designating 21 [...]
lllicitizen's blog on Heath's advising and extending his remarks using Genentech talking points is doubled down by the Smoky Mountain News this week reporting on more trouble with his dealings with TVA in East Tennessee.
Read more [...]Like most of you on this blog, I would expect, I get a minor mountain of email every day, proffering petitions to sign urging action on timely causes that I support, or begging for more money to fight the good fight for yet another day.
I try hard to sign what [...]
And happy birthday! We're honored that you'd squeeze in time for BlueNC tonight. Thank you.
As you've no doubt read, our community members have posted some interesting and thought-provoking questions, which we'll weave into this live blogging event.
Thanks again for visiting with us.
(Those who don't' [...]
Don Surber finds something interesting in blog log files: Users on the left are whiter, older and more male than on the right. So much for that “angry white men” meme regarding the right. Here’s what he found out about the DailyKos’s users:
But old white men make up [...]
A recent post on the Political Animal, the blog of the Washington Monthly, cites a story in the Boston Review that explains just how horribly the Bush Administration treated many veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The story is long, but well worth the time to [...]
