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The term "third rail," in the context of politics, refers to a policy one cannot touch for fear that he will suffer career electrocution. The analogy stems from the hazardous third rail that powers some train systems.
The term "third rail," in the context of politics, refers to a policy one cannot touch for fear that he will suffer career electrocution. The analogy stems from the hazardous third rail that powers some train systems.
 
The Director of the FBI called him in one day and told him he was assigning him to clean up the politics of the most corrupt state in the nation. The agent immediately assumed he was being sent to Chicago. He was shocked when the Director told him his new assignment would be in North Carolina.
The Director of the FBI called him in one day and told him he was assigning him to clean up the politics of the most corrupt state in the nation. The agent immediately assumed he was being sent to Chicago. He was shocked when the Director told him his new assignment would be in North Carolina.
 
I've changed my mind about the 2012 campaigns for North Carolina governor. I now think they may actually matter.
I've changed my mind about the 2012 campaigns for North Carolina governor. I now think they may actually matter.
 
I am sure that every one has either seen or heard about the brutal attack ad that a super PAC, Priorities USA, unleashed against Mitt Romney.
I am sure that every one has either seen or heard about the brutal attack ad that a super PAC, Priorities USA, unleashed against Mitt Romney.
 
Taxation is the taking of property and earnings in exchange for governmentally provided goods and services or for redistribution. Legislators may also structure taxes as a policy tool to manipulate constituent actions for or against particular goods or services.
Taxation is the taking of property and earnings in exchange for governmentally provided goods and services or for redistribution. Legislators may also structure taxes as a policy tool to manipulate constituent actions for or against particular goods or services.
 
The wild swings in North Carolina's higher education budget may have come to a halt. Last year, the University of North Carolina system absorbed roughly $400 million in cuts -- a few years before that, higher ed was getting annual increases of 5 percent and more.
The wild swings in North Carolina's higher education budget may have come to a halt. Last year, the University of North Carolina system absorbed roughly $400 million in cuts -- a few years before that, higher ed was getting annual increases of 5 percent and more.
 
Did you venture out to purchase school supplies for your aspiring young scholar during our state's tax-free weekend? Or, perhaps your child's school days have long passed and you simply wanted to acquire a new computer without incurring a sales tax.
Did you venture out to purchase school supplies for your aspiring young scholar during our state's tax-free weekend? Or, perhaps your child's school days have long passed and you simply wanted to acquire a new computer without incurring a sales tax.
 
Every two years since 1996, coinciding with North Carolina's races for governor and lieutenant governor, council of state, and the general assembly, the John Locke Foundation has published a revised edition of Agenda, our public policy guide for candidates and voters.
Every two years since 1996, coinciding with North Carolina's races for governor and lieutenant governor, council of state, and the general assembly, the John Locke Foundation has published a revised edition of Agenda, our public policy guide for candidates and voters.
 
John Denver fans will remember one of his hit songs that said: "some days are diamonds, some days are stones. Sometimes the hard times just won't leave us along." That tune comes to mind when one looks John at the recently released test scores for Beaufort County Schools.
John Denver fans will remember one of his hit songs that said: "some days are diamonds, some days are stones. Sometimes the hard times just won't leave us along." That tune comes to mind when one looks John at the recently released test scores for Beaufort County Schools.
 
We do not have to lay awake at night and listen for noises that are so faint we wonder whether we heard something or we imagined we heard something.
We do not have to lay awake at night and listen for noises that are so faint we wonder whether we heard something or we imagined we heard something.
 
Even capitalism's biggest fans have to admit that industrialization has made our world dirtier. At least that seems to be conventional wisdom.
Even capitalism's biggest fans have to admit that industrialization has made our world dirtier. At least that seems to be conventional wisdom.
 
We are being told that some very large percentage (well over half) of the American population is partaking of (and presumably enjoying) the largess of government entitlement spending.
We are being told that some very large percentage (well over half) of the American population is partaking of (and presumably enjoying) the largess of government entitlement spending.
 
I haven't talked about it much lately, but the Democrats still think that I am a Democrat, and in such a timely manner, I just received this correspondence from Progress NC Action, a liberal Democrat squawk group, loudly professing one inane idea after another.
I haven't talked about it much lately, but the Democrats still think that I am a Democrat, and in such a timely manner, I just received this correspondence from Progress NC Action, a liberal Democrat squawk group, loudly professing one inane idea after another.
 
Yet just this week we learned from emails that got put out during the debate about the auto industry bailouts that the Obama Administration played favorites with who got the benefits and who got the shaft.
Yet just this week we learned from emails that got put out during the debate about the auto industry bailouts that the Obama Administration played favorites with who got the benefits and who got the shaft.
 
In nearly three decades of writing a syndicated column on North Carolina politics and government, I've always received a steady stream of reader response.
In nearly three decades of writing a syndicated column on North Carolina politics and government, I've always received a steady stream of reader response.
 
Candidate Barack Obama, arguably the most inept president since Jimmy Carter - and because of his complete inarguable abject dishonesty, I will make the argument of his being the most inept - believes he deserves four more years to complete the work he set out to do - make this a socialist nation.
Candidate Barack Obama, arguably the most inept president since Jimmy Carter - and because of his complete inarguable abject dishonesty, I will make the argument of his being the most inept - believes he deserves four more years to complete the work he set out to do - make this a socialist nation.
 
We hear a lot of conversation these days about how America is losing (has already lost??) it's edge. We are no longer "exceptional". We even have a "ruler" who preaches those things and apologizes to foreign kings, satraps and the like for what he seems to view as our country's past transgressions.
We hear a lot of conversation these days about how America is losing (has already lost??) it's edge. We are no longer "exceptional". We even have a "ruler" who preaches those things and apologizes to foreign kings, satraps and the like for what he seems to view as our country's past transgressions.
 
If you believe Governor Bev. Perdue and her Department of Commerce, in the depths of the worst recession in our lifetimes, the amount of travel and spending on travel and tourism in North Carolina has reach record heights. If you believe that we have a bridge we'd like to talk to you about.
If you believe Governor Bev. Perdue and her Department of Commerce, in the depths of the worst recession in our lifetimes, the amount of travel and spending on travel and tourism in North Carolina has reach record heights. If you believe that we have a bridge we'd like to talk to you about.
 
Things are really tightening up in the race for North Carolina governor. Pat McCrory, the former mayor of Charlotte and a renowned moderate, is the GOP standard bearer against incumbent Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton.
Things are really tightening up in the race for North Carolina governor. Pat McCrory, the former mayor of Charlotte and a renowned moderate, is the GOP standard bearer against incumbent Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton.
 
Journalism is supposed to share more than one side of a story. I learned during my time at Carolina Journal how refreshing that approach can be for readers, sources, even the writer.
Journalism is supposed to share more than one side of a story. I learned during my time at Carolina Journal how refreshing that approach can be for readers, sources, even the writer.
 
If I stipulate right off the bat that the American health care system is overly expensive, needlessly bureaucratic, and doesn't consistently generate outcomes for patients that justify its costs, will you keep an open mind about why these conditions exist?
If I stipulate right off the bat that the American health care system is overly expensive, needlessly bureaucratic, and doesn't consistently generate outcomes for patients that justify its costs, will you keep an open mind about why these conditions exist?
 
For decades upon decades, all was well in The Tar Heel State as judges were elected with the blessing of the state's leftist-dominated bar association and their mainstream media lapdogs.
For decades upon decades, all was well in The Tar Heel State as judges were elected with the blessing of the state's leftist-dominated bar association and their mainstream media lapdogs.
 
Sometimes it is difficult to understand things the Prez says. Take, for instance, his comments to the effect that people who have "succeeded" have not done so by themselves.
Sometimes it is difficult to understand things the Prez says. Take, for instance, his comments to the effect that people who have "succeeded" have not done so by themselves.
 
The Aurora, Colorado theatre massacre which took the lives of 12 has many people weighing in on the subject of guns. Author Salman Rushdie tweeted, "The 'right to bear arms' is the real Bane of America."
The Aurora, Colorado theatre massacre which took the lives of 12 has many people weighing in on the subject of guns. Author Salman Rushdie tweeted, "The 'right to bear arms' is the real Bane of America."
 
North Carolina's unemployment rate has been 9.4 percent for the past three months. That statistic certainly helps to identify our labor market as one of the weakest in the country.
North Carolina's unemployment rate has been 9.4 percent for the past three months. That statistic certainly helps to identify our labor market as one of the weakest in the country.
 
The Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and its mandate that all individuals must be covered by a health insurance program. Under Obamacare businesses that have more than 50 employees must provide health insurance to their employees or face a penalty.
The Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and its mandate that all individuals must be covered by a health insurance program. Under Obamacare businesses that have more than 50 employees must provide health insurance to their employees or face a penalty.
 
Advances in military technology have made it easier for the United States to use unmanned drone aircraft to target enemies.
Advances in military technology have made it easier for the United States to use unmanned drone aircraft to target enemies.
 
In January 2012, the city decided they wanted to put a "transit center" and some spec commercial buildings on her property. Never mind the fact that Ms. Pfendler's successful tax-paying business -- employing dozens of area residents -- is already on the property.
In January 2012, the city decided they wanted to put a "transit center" and some spec commercial buildings on her property. Never mind the fact that Ms. Pfendler's successful tax-paying business -- employing dozens of area residents -- is already on the property.
 
If during the past few years of fiscal instability, you consoled yourself with the fact that at least North Carolina's pension fund for teachers and state employees was sound, I'm going to ruin your day.
If during the past few years of fiscal instability, you consoled yourself with the fact that at least North Carolina's pension fund for teachers and state employees was sound, I'm going to ruin your day.
 
In a word, no. And while free speech is essential to forge a nation that ever strives to protect the liberty and justice that was so hard won, free speech, for the individual, does not come without the tethered responsibility of good citizenship.
In a word, no. And while free speech is essential to forge a nation that ever strives to protect the liberty and justice that was so hard won, free speech, for the individual, does not come without the tethered responsibility of good citizenship.
 
The Pentagon budget is a popular target of leftists when the whole concept of cutting spending gets raised. Stories from the 80s about alleged $2000 toilet seats are recycled.
The Pentagon budget is a popular target of leftists when the whole concept of cutting spending gets raised. Stories from the 80s about alleged $2000 toilet seats are recycled.
 
Net growth in the percentage of North Carolina students attending schools of choice between 2001 and 2010 posed no threat to traditional public school enrollment.
Net growth in the percentage of North Carolina students attending schools of choice between 2001 and 2010 posed no threat to traditional public school enrollment.
 
On July 24, in the county seat of Greenville, NC, the Pitt County Board of Elections gave the green light to a revised plan for early voting which will include two Sundays.
On July 24, in the county seat of Greenville, NC, the Pitt County Board of Elections gave the green light to a revised plan for early voting which will include two Sundays.
 
The 2012 short session has come to a close, marking a dramatic shift from legislative bienniums of the past, both in length and accomplishments.
The 2012 short session has come to a close, marking a dramatic shift from legislative bienniums of the past, both in length and accomplishments.
 
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