In the Heat of the Night
I have previously written about the possibility of NC succumbing to southern peer pressure on same-sex marriage. Well, the process is off to a good start for supporters of the constitutional amendment. In a move that will surely upset opponents, about 5 hours after the bill was introduced, it had passed the House by a vote of 75-42. …
Double Encore
As if the previous two were not enough, the NCGA is returning to town next Monday to take another curtain call. Yes… it’s not over yet. The primary political reason for the session is to attempt to get a number of constitutional amendments on upcoming ballots for approval by voters. However, the GA also has …
Who Does the Economy Work For?
About this time every month, I sit down at my desk and start paying the bills that are due the first of the next month. And as I proceed, I watch what looked like a comfortable cushion in my checking account quickly disappear. Mortgage? Check. Utilities? Check. Credit card. Gulp. I’m not complaining – we …
Active Patience
When I was a child, I recall a lesson in Sunday school teaching about “active patience”. The concept, as best I can recall, is to view patience not as passive idleness, but as an engaged and active activity. I assume the point of the lesson was to teach our impulsive and hyperactive selves that instant …
Exaggerated
No, the martians aren’t coming. But by the way the Associated Press covered the latest congressional estimates, you may have thought is was an equally important problem. A story earlier this week described how the Social Security disability insurance program is projected to experience a funding shortfall as early as 2017, meaning that benefits could …
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