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From an article in American Journalism Review:This winter, AJR conducted its fifth census of newspaper reporters who cover state government, its first since 2003, and found ... Keep Reading

Is North Carolina's budget shortfall a result of too few revenues or too much spending?  If you read the N&O, you'd think it's a problem of not raising ... Keep Reading

As much of North Carolina sits under a Winter Storm Watch for the threat of snow tomorrow, a new poll released today by Rasmussen Reports shows more and more Americans think global ... Keep Reading

With all the commentary on the significance of electing an African-American as President, why hasn't (to my knowledge) any NC media outlet picked up on the story of NC ... Keep Reading

Former N&O reporter, editor and columnist G.D. Gearino uncovers on his blog an inter-office memo from the N&O's editorial staff celebrating the finer points of the day's ... Keep Reading

It's been quite an amusing week to watch the Mainstream Media try to figure out how they are going to cover the National Enquirer's accusations that former NC Sen. John Edwards ... Keep Reading

A lot has been made recently about whether "guilt by association" has a valid place in political campaigns.  Raleigh attorney Pressley Millen made an impassioned ... Keep Reading

Ed Cone writes of our piece in the N&R this weekend, criticizing the Triad's Skybus fiasco: Thanks for the advice, fellas, your one-size-fits-all ideology is just so ... Keep Reading

I'm not sure the polemicists over at Policy Watch would grasp the intricacies of Pinker's and Lakoff's competing cognitive theories of mind and language, but Steven Pinker - one of ... Keep Reading

For all those people who's only source of information on economic issues is the New York Times - more specifically Paul Krugman - take the time with this. It's devastating. If ... Keep Reading