Way back when anarchists vandalized the state Republican headquarters in 2004, then-state GOP legal counsel & chief of staff William W. “Bill” Peaslee really took those angry youngsters to task: “With all the constructive things that people can do to advocate their point of view...

Wake County has added almost 300,000 residents since 2000. It is the ninth-fastest growing county in the U.S. And yet as WCPSS tried to provide in the face of this explosive growth, they were confronted by conservative social hacktivists at every turn. Defeating bonds for new schools, challenging the...

With Del Burns’ resignation, turmoil awaits the 140,000 students of Wake County public schools as no barriers remain in the way of the machinations of the new school board majority. I might as well give you the short version first: Conservative millionaires funded 100% bogus astro-turf organizations...

Caught it late but I caught it: the N&O ran a story on Franklin Graham’s charity operating in Haiti among all those Scientologists and baby-stealers. But those last two are the crazies…not like Samaritan’s Purse! Just ask former Republican senator Bill Frist: It’s this no-frills,...

So this week’s Indy cover article dissects the arbitrary, confusing, and toothless smoking ban in restaurants and bars. Arbitrary because cigar bars & country clubs get a free pass while hookaries don’t, confusing because “private club” doesn’t really mean what you think,...

When you’re watching Obama’s State of the Union address tonight and wondering how the hell the year went by without your ass getting health care, look no further than Oak City natives Brad and Dallas Woodhouse. According to Politico, the brothers are quite the characters: “The two men...

Kris Hixson is the guy behind “designing” the RALEIGH > CHARLOTTE shirts and bumper stickers. His claim to fame was having the application to sell his horribly-fonted merch rejected at 2008’s Raleigh Wide Open. Here, take a look at this video Kris made so you can get a sense of how...

There was the ridiculous aide claiming paternity, the hush money, the ignominy of having cheated on your cancer-stricken wife, the hypocrisy of having called Bill Clinton out, the embarrassment of telling Blondie she could have her NYC rooftop wedding with Dave Matthews getting out, all that shit. But...

It’s one those high-pressure “YOU LIE!!!!” moments when the cameras are rolling and you KNOW everyone’s watching for your response. I’d say News 14 reporter Amy Thorpe brushed off the advances of King Creeper quite well: Watch the whole video here. I really enjoyed Amy’s...

I’d like to start with a little quote from Ben Bagdikian’s The New Media Monopoly: Five global-dimension firms, operating with many of the characteristics of a cartel, own most of the newspapers, magazines, book publishers, motion picture studios, radio and television stations in the United...