Archive for May, 2008
Legislature to intervene on new rules about runoff
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Shameful disregard
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Shifting inmates’ medical bills won’t help taxpayers
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Report: Dole win not as sure as it used to be
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Lottery Payouts
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Jill Staton Bullard with the Interfaith Food Shuttle on the impact of higher gas and food prices (part II)
Monday, May 26th, 2008
Jill Staton Bullard with the Interfaith Food Shuttle on the impact of higher gas and food prices (part I)
Monday, May 26th, 2008David King on higher gas prices and the increased interest in Mass Transit
Monday, May 26th, 2008Reviving the “Old Deal”
Saturday, May 24th, 2008The far right offers up its anti-poverty program
We Americans are notorious for our short attention spans and memories. So perhaps it’s understandable, if not excusable, that many people delude themselves into believing that the “good ol’ days” were somehow always superior to the modern era. Progressives, for instance, need to be careful at times not to get too carried away in deriding modern technology and consumerism lest we forget that the world of bumpy two-lane roads, non-wrinkle free clothes and two or three dreary TV stations wasn’t always as much fun as some like to think.
The Follies
Friday, May 23rd, 2008Another banner week for the North Carolina Exploitation Lottery. The Lottery Commission couldn’t seem to decide on how much to predict the lottery would raise next year, so commission members finally settled on $1.27 billion because it would mean that the state would net $386 million, which not so coincidentally is the amount state budget writers need to pay for lottery-funded programs.
