Guest Columns
Dehumanizing candidates: how the tables have turned
There will be plenty of lies and half-truths to be had on both sides once this election is over. ...
Staff Editorials
Smoke and ashes
The proposed SUNY smoking ban has an admirable goal, but the means do not justify the ends. ...
Opinions
Blue Balloon: The Convention Takes Flight
In just a few short hours, that giant Blue zeppelin of liberal politics that has been slowly inflating over the past week, will at last rise into the sky, where it will...
Opinions
Insourcing Enforcement
The streets of Charlotte in the blocks around the Convention Hall have been rerouted and redesigned. The only vehicles are forklifts, generators, and trucks carrying equipment. The city streets are now one...
Opinions
Something is Rotten in Tent City - The Problem with Unfettered Democracy
Within minutes of arriving at the smattering of fifty-odd tents in Marshall Park, the small, verdant park across from our hotel, I had met up with one of the Original Occupiers, but...
Opinions
The 99ers—the Arrival of Tent City
Another hot and humid day today in Charlotte—perhaps the worst of them yet. A fitting allegory for the atmosphere all around us. Sometime on Friday the nomads of ideology and cause plopped...
Opinions
Romney’s Pinocchio Act
Any child can tell you the story of Pinocchio, the wooden puppet who wanted to become a real boy. He thought lies and tall tales would help him achieve his goal. The...