Saturday, January 31, 2004
Snookered?: Hearing involving GOP aide muddies waters in Senate
The Democrats at the national level aren’t always right, but it seems that they are nearly always shrewder than their Republican rivals. In a vicious assault on the Constitution, they are continuing to block a Senate vote on some of...Published: Jan 31, 2004 11:30 PM Full Editorial
Friday, January 30, 2004
Crackdown: Castro discourages access to Internet
The State Department believes Cuba is developing biological weapons. Last year it imprisoned in one fell swoop about 80 of its people — union leaders, librarians, journalists and advocates of human rights and democracy. Their crime was to circulate a...Published: Jan 30, 2004 11:53 AM Full Editorial
Thursday, January 29, 2004
Halliburton: Bribes, overcharges and kickbacks in Iraq
Perhaps it was proper not to deny Halliburton the opportunity to get huge contracts from the government just because Dick Cheney had been its president until just before becoming vice president of the United States in 2000. But recent developments...Published: Jan 29, 2004 11:20 AM Full Editorial
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Justice: Judge puts the brakes on big-shot speed demon
Bill Janklow dominated South Dakota politics for 30 years. He served four terms as governor and then was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He also was a menace on his state’s highways, stacking up speeding tickets and still...Published: Jan 28, 2004 11:02 AM Full Editorial
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Pou Bailey: N.C. loses a colorful judge
The defendant in a civil case was confident that he would win. This happened in Durham County some years back, and the presiding judge in Superior Court was James H. Pou Bailey of Raleigh. Bailey’s son had gone to a...Published: Jan 27, 2004 11:31 AM Full Editorial
Monday, January 26, 2004
It's wrong -- 'Freebie' ads promote
No elected public official in this state in recent decades has had —or deserved — more respect than the late State Treasurer Harlan Boyles. He followed longtime Treasurer Edwin Gill in continuing a proud North Carolina heritage of public confidence...Published: Jan 26, 2004 2:18 PM Full Editorial
Sunday, January 25, 2004
ECU-Goldsboro: University teaching degree available in Wayne County
What happened at Wayne Community College last week should be considered a great turning point in higher education in Wayne County, not quite equal to the establishment of the college itself, but big. Under an agreement with East Carolina University...Published: Jan 25, 2004 12:25 AM Full Editorial
Friday, January 23, 2004
Lieberman: A good man, but far back in the pack
Despite the old adage, good guys don’t necessarily finish last. But in the current campaigns for president, one of the very best obviously will not be finishing first. For reasons which must escape or bewilder many of us, Sen. Joe...Published: Jan 23, 2004 12:10 PM Full Editorial
Thursday, January 22, 2004
Football’s Panthers: Take that, David Letterman
Not many months ago, late-night television comedian David Letterman asked a member of his audience where he was from, and the man said he was from Charlotte. Charlotte? Where’s that? Letterman asked. The Charlotte fellow said it was in North...Published: Jan 22, 2004 1:32 PM Full Editorial
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Kerry: Checking out a possible nominee for president
Sen. John Kerry’s comeback victory in the Iowa caucuses makes him a strong candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, so it would be good for us to have a look at the man. It’s easy to imagine what a Kerry...Published: Jan 21, 2004 11:00 AM Full Editorial
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Geronimo's name signifies masculinity
You have to be mighty careful in references to American Indians, as Fred Simmons of Pensacola Beach, Fla., has learned. Simmons opened a liquor store and called it Geronimo’s Spirits, capitalizing on a little piece of local history. Geronimo,...Published: Jan 20, 2004 12:50 PM Full Editorial
Monday, January 19, 2004
Martha: The tallest weed is always the one you want to see fall
Weeds used to be a big, expensive problem for growers of certain crops. Soybeans, for instance. If you sprayed a herbicide to kill the weeds, you’d kill the crop as well. Researchers spent barrels of money looking for a solution....Published: Jan 19, 2004 1:18 PM Full Editorial
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Man on Mars: Is it worth going after whatever is out there?
President Bush's concept of accelerating America's space program appears to be meeting with widespread resistance. That contrasts sharply with the reaction to the first proposals, 45 or so years ago, to send Americans to the moon. Bush proposes that we...Published: Jan 18, 2004 11:40 PM Full Editorial