Monthly Archives: May 2010
What’s in a name? Why, sales potential!
Raleigh’s city council has been needlessly unimaginative confining the field of naming sponsors for our spiffy new amphitheater to one maker of a low-cal beer. [For those who aren’t fully briefed, Anheuser-Busch has bellied up to the bar with $1.5 … Continue reading
Filed under civics 101, commerce
Just chillin’ with the squirrels
Wild animals are full of surprises. Just when you thought you knew all their habits, live long enough and keep your eyes open, and one will startle you with some behavior you’ve never seen before. Case in point, this handsome … Continue reading
Filed under man bites bear
No room for fun in rules of road
Everybody’s favorite transportation reporter and mine, Bruce Siceloff, issued a call to readers for input as he prepares a piece about a nascent bill headed before legislators to address clashes between cars and group cycling in the Old North State. … Continue reading
Filed under civics 101
Begging his pardon
Governor Beverly Perdue’s doggedly worn excuse for sloth in the pardoning of wrongfully imprisoned Greg Taylor is the most insufferable pitcher-full of poppycock I’ve ever heard. (See The News & Observer articles, Taylor’s exoneration prompts police to reinvestigate case, Mar. … Continue reading
Filed under civics 101, man of letters
