That the editors at the N&O were surprised this week when Tom (who is not gay) Fetzer expressed his undying affection is a testament to something, though I'm not sure what.
Read more ' [...]N.C. Republican Party chairman Tom Fetzer surprised some editors and reporters at The News & Observer recently when he said he had some positive feelings for the paper.
Executive Editor John Drescher noted on The Editors' Blog that Fetzer got his start in the Jesse Helms organization, which [...]
In this short commentary in the N&O, the editors continue to mindlessly recommend a larger government role in America’s economy. They observe that teen unemployment stands at remarkably high rates (as is to be expected in a recession), and their recommendation is, of course, more government!
President Obama plans a [...]
It’s said that charity begins at home. Star-News editors tell us to be attentive to our “less fortunate neighbors” and “dig just a little deeper” into our pockets to help fund the “many wonderful nonprofit agencies” in this area. Editors promote the Salvation Army and the United Way. [...]
The Star-News “Community Editorial Board” opines about a new zoning scheme hatched up by planning bureaucrats to coerce developers to arrange land use that will suit their cosmic vision of how people should live. I know, this sounds bizarre, even Orwellian, but editors say, “the concept is a [...]
Star-News editorial editors say that the state Alcoholic Beverage Control commission system “needs shaking up.” I suggest it needs a shake down—to the level of elimination. Editors rightly note that it is antiquated and unaccountable. This and other state government creations, better left to private decision makers, do [...]
State GOP Chairman Tom Fetzer said Tuesday's election results are good news for Republicans.
"I think the pendulum is turning back as it always does," Fetzer said in an interview with reporters and editors of The News & Observer. "I think there is a wave cresting [...]
