An interesting article in the News and Record reports that Cone Health’s excess revenue over expenses surged to $364.7 million this past year. This represented an 84% increase from the previous year. This measure is analogous to profit but it cannot be described that way because Cone is organized as […]
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How Cokie Roberts’ Father Died
Roberts used to be a television journalist/ commentator with ABC News years ago. Pretty striking story given the events we have witnessed during recent years:
Beware Forecasts Of Trump Economic Boom
Various figures and media outlets on the right are celebrating an anticipated economic boom they believe will result from Trump’s policies. That is, in fact, what happened after he assumed office eight years ago. But there is ample reason to believe things might be much different this time. A number […]
Knives Being Sharpened in GOP Senate For Trump Agenda
Over the last several days, some of John Thune’s assignments for key committee chairmanships were made public. Mitch McConnell will chair the Rules Committee. This is the committee that controls which bills will be allowed to be considered; and which will be killed. Susan Collins will chair the Appropriations Committee. […]
NC Sheriffs Bill, Jefferson Griffin Race, UNC Chapel Hill Gain-of-Function Research
There has been a cluster of news regarding our state government over the last couple of days. First, the General Assembly did override Cooper’s veto. It is thus now state law that county sheriffs must cooperate with federal immigration authorities. It eliminates in some important respects “sanctuary county” status that […]
Helene Relief Bill’s Hidden Surprises
There has been much consternation from the regional media/left complex over the Raleigh Republicans’ most recent Helene relief bill. They packed into the bill some surprises including shifting the State Board of Elections to the State Auditor’s control (to be Dave Boliek, a Republican); directing the State Attorney General regarding […]
Changing of the Guard Getting Tillis Riled Up
I found a couple of items that suggest Thom Tillis is not entirely happy that the rules have changed since McConnnell stepped down and Trump won the election. First (HT: NC Renegade), he nearly blows a gasket, literally shouting in response to Rand Paul’s reasonable suggestion to exhibit fiscal conservatism. […]
Cooper and Helene
A pretty comprehensive report at the Daily Signal discusses the response to Hurricane Helene. I am excerpting the sections related to the state of North Carolina’s response. Keep in mind that Governor Cooper is in charge of the National Guard in our state: Daily Signal: On Sept. 25, one day […]
Naivete in the Evangelical Church
Russell Moore had an article within the last week or so that communicates how much difficulty he and other Christians ought to be having with the fact that Trump won the election. The Dissenter explores this in more detail. Recall that Moore had been named the leader of the Southern […]
Beating the Drum For A Pro Hockey Rink in Greensboro, Part 2
I had posted here several days ago about the efforts of a Republican Guilford County Commissioner to promote local government building a new hockey rink/ arena for the professional hockey team in Greensboro. Of course, the Greensboro Coliseum is perfectly adequate for this purpose; so certain questions naturally arise. Why […]