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Corruption & Ethics
Corruption North Carolina: File Another One
How many instances of corruption must come to light before the citizens of this state say enough? Here's yet another.-Max Borders ... Keep Reading
Enron, Progress and Duke: What in Common?
This history of the rent-seeking activities of Enron is a must-read when it comes to understanding the current activities of Progress Energy and Duke Energy. (If you don't know ... Keep Reading
Skybus: What the…?
Piedmont Publius is, perhaps, as confused as we are at the rationale behind central planners like Henry Isaacson o'er there in the Triad. Here's Isaacson - quoted by the PP - ... Keep Reading
“It Takes Money to Take Money”
Or so says Orange County.-Max Borders ... Keep Reading
On a Mother’s Ethic: ‘Work hard and you’ll achieve’
A big excerpt from this article:When I was about 5, Mom took me with her to visit our next-door neighbor, Miss Jane. While at Miss Jane's home, I helped myself to a fistful of ... Keep Reading
Need for Transparency
JLF's Becki Gray with a great editorial in the Charlotte Observer on the need for transparency at all levels of government and from quasi-governmental organizations like the League ... Keep Reading
Ding Dong …
Spitzer resigns. ... Keep Reading
Network of Sleaze?
How long will North Carolina citizens accept the kind of corruption and sleaze that has plagued our state now for years? This is what happens when one party - any party - is in ... Keep Reading
Public Records
Tons of news articles recently regarding what is or isn't public record from deleted emails to letters balled up and thrown in the trash from the Easley Administration. For ... Keep Reading