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Coastal insurance crisis first up for Goodwin

Benjamin Niolet and Bill Krueger, Staff Writers Comment on this story Wayne Goodwin, North Carolina's new insurance commissioner, says he's got a lot of work to do, but first up will be addressing the coastal insurance crisis....

How the 'godless' ad was created

The famous – or infamous, depending on your point of view – “godless” TV commercial in North Carolina's campaign for the U.S. Senate almost didn't happen.For starters, Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole's campaign didn't think...

Obama's victory helps bury a painful past

American politics will never be the same. Of all the victories in the presidential campaign, none were sweeter to Obama's camp than Virginia and North Carolina, pillars of the old Southern confederacy. This was the first time...

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Debating Who Obama Picks is Relevant to What His Administration Will Do

I've been saying for some time that the day after Obama's election, all sorts of policy and personality battles would unfold around him. This is happening as predicted, and the tension, backbiting, and jostling for position is...

Blue tide rises in Triangle through

New voter surge favors Democrats Blue tide rises in Triangle through Michael Biesecker and David Bracken, Staff Writers Comment on this story RALEIGH - John McCain got nearly 6,000 more votes in Wake County on Tuesday than...

Nashville arts advocate Ivey joins Obama team

He's directory of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy By Chris Echegaray • THE TENNESSEAN • November 7, 2008 Music City has moved on to the national cultural stage once again with Nashville arts champion Bill...

Kay Hagan unseats Republican incumbent Dole in U.S. senate

After months of TV and radio ads, the race for the North Carolina Senate has ended. Kay Hagan (D) has taken the seat of North Carolina's poster girl Elizabeth Dole (R), a feat that many thought impossible due to her status as...

Pravda.Ru (Articles): The Beginning Of Hope?

Obama’s election may lend succor to those who argue that the laws and policies designed to remedy racial discrimination by promoting opportunity and diversity in education and employment are no longer necessary. On the same...

Ian Williams: Obama should use the UN to restore America's image around the world

There is little doubt that, if UN staff and ambassadors could vote, Barack Obama would have won by an even bigger landslide than he achieved. Of course, from that bleak period, there is a tendency to look back sentimentally...