AltWeeklies Wire
The Miseducation of Pat McCrorynew
In an ethics course, topics might include: Is it ethical to shut poor people out of health care because the boys at the country club—and in the General Assembly—already have health care?
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
02-06-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: health care, liberal arts
A 12-year mental health crisis comes to a headnew
North Carolina Gov.-elect Pat McCrory will need to straighten out the group homes mess. After that, much bigger questions loom.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
11-29-2012 |
Commentary
Election shows impact of redistricting and why voting-rights groups are suingnew
Even though North Carolinians split their 2012 votes almost evenly between the parties, far fewer Democrats were elected than Republicans. Voting-rights groups are pointing to the results to press their case that the 2011 redistricting maps should be thrown out.
Tags: redistricting
Morality at the fiscal cliff: A fairer way to taxnew
Obama's proposal is a small price to pay to avoid the fiscal cliff, with its multiple tax hikes for everyone and deep cuts in federal spending.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
11-15-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Erskine Bowles, Fiscal Cliff
Traditional America? It's Over.new
While Obama and his supporters celebrate his surprisingly comfortable win, the reality of governing amid undiminished acrimony will soon rear its head.
INDY Week |
Jonathan Weiler |
11-14-2012 |
Commentary
In Wake County, European election observers critique the processnew
Election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe say they saw a process that lived up to America's voting laws, but they had harsher criticisms for the impact of outside spending and our two-party system.
What went wrong for North Carolina's Democrats?new
The Republicans' 2010 victory—which happened as a national census ensured newly drawn voting districts, coupled with the windfall of campaign donations that bolster incumbents—struck a mortal blow to this year's crop of Democrats.
Tags: NC Democratic Party
My first vote as a U.S. citizennew
Prior to this year, I had never felt like my living here, but not voting, mattered in a presidential election. But it does now.
What Election 2012 means for womennew
Is "war on women" too hyperbolic? Call it a war on women's equality, then. Or call it a war on working people's equality, because women are the ground troops in an economic fight that all working Americans are losing.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
11-07-2012 |
Commentary
What's fueling Obama's full-court press: Hope turns to fearnew
If the Obama campaign can turn out people who don't regularly make it to the polls, it may have discovered a strategy to rival the big money of Romney's Super PACs and television advertising.
GOP learns from its mistakes of 2008: New push in North Carolinanew
"If Republicans have expended less resources to win North Carolina, it's because they have a lower bar to clear to win it." — GOP strategist Dee Stewart
Why it's vital to vote earlynew
Above all, early voting is crucial if there's a chance your right to vote will be obstructed or challenged at your polling place.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
10-17-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Early Voting
Conservative pastor advocates sitting out presidential electionnew
The Rev. Patrick Wooden of the Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh is asking his 3,000 congregants to abstain from voting for president because neither candidate, in his eyes, upholds the Christian values he espouses.
Life, death, and the consequences of executive decisionsnew
You might think we don't have ideal or even good choices. But that doesn't mean we lack clear ones.
INDY Week |
Jonathan Weiler |
10-15-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: decision-making
GOP-drawn districts and a torrent of cash could flip seats, but how many?new
The president may complete the same climb he undertook in 2008 and win North Carolina. But when it comes to the congressional races, it's nothing but blue skies for the Grand Old Party.
INDY Week |
Kirk Ross |
09-19-2012 |
Commentary
