“Wake diversity policy could be swept away” seems to leave no doubt where the News & Observer stands on next week’s school board elections. As usual educational establishment types like Jennifer Lanane of the Wake County Chapter of the N.C. Association of Educators seem absolutely miffed at why anyone would want to “tinker” with a quality school system. The [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2009
- Sep30
Did You Hear the One About…
As I read the article “Election boards wonder if military ballots are too costly” in Saturday’s Greensboro News and Record, I began to recall all the old jokes. If you are a government worker or former government worker as I have been, I know you’ve heard them too… “Why don’t government workers look out the [...]
- Sep30
Gaston Lawmakers Oppose College for Illegals
Two members of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Gaston County have announced their opposition to the recent policy decision by the NC Board of Community Colleges to admit illegal aliens. Representatives Pearl Burris-Floyd and Wil Neumann, both Republicans, plan to introduce legislation when the General Assembly returns to Raleigh in May of 2010 [...]
- Sep30
Health Care: Public Option Defeated (For Now)
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee last night voted down two different amendments that would have created a government “option” health insurance plan to “compete” with private insurance. A key Senate panel twice beat back efforts Tuesday to create a government-run insurance plan, dealing a crippling blow to the hopes of liberals seeking to expand the [...]
- Sep29
Tax Reform Can’t Mask Need for Spending Restraint
Under the Dome today references a recommendation made by Democratic strategist Gary Pearce: that Gov. Perdue should initiate significant state tax reform in the next couple of years. Pearce, in his Talking About Politicsblog, writes today that Perdue needs to find an issue that will get more attention than recent announcements she has made on new [...]
- Sep29
Elementary School Indoctrination – In NC
This is already out making the rounds but had to post it as it just is plain scary. This would frighten me if they were doing this for ANY president! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKIzVZtbFUA&feature=player_embedded
- Sep28
The NeW Face of Femininity
Rebecca Hagelin’s article in today’s Washington Times highlights the seemingly never-ending trend affecting the nation; female oppression. However, she argues, the source of this oppression is not what one would automatically assume. It is not a lack of college scholarships or athletic opportunities for women; it is not a shortage of women in business, law or medicine [...]
- Sep28
Let the games begin – Bad Bill of the Year Tournament
You can now vote for you favorite “Worst Bill” of the year. The polls are open! Over the course of this year Civitas wrote on 32 bills as our “Bad Bill of the Week.” Unfortunately 32 is really not enough to cover all the “Bad Bills” introduced this year in the General Assembly but these are [...]
- Sep28
The future of same-sex adoptions still unclear
Last week, a Petition for Discretionary Review was filed in the North Carolina Supreme Court regarding the case of Boseman v. Jarrell. State Senator Julia Boseman (D-New Hanover) and her former lesbian partner, Melissa Jarrell, are still wrapped up in a custody battle over a child born to Jarrell by artificial insemination during the relationship. [...]
- 2Sep25
Offshore Wind Energy… Is It Too Good To Be True?
An article posted on WRAL.com today discussed the highlights of a public meeting held in Buxton (an Outer Banks community) on the possibility of an offshore wind farm in the area. According to researchers: “If all the usable waters are fully developed, offshore wind farms could supply 130 percent of all the power used by [...]