Sunday, September 27, 2015

Some Thoughts On VW And Corporate Cheating

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Recent news reports on VW test cheating have stirred up the usual defense of the miscreants. The problem is the regulation. No one was reall...

North Carolina 2016 Primary Election March 15, 2016

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The state legislature has established March 15, 2016 as the date for the presidential primary and for all other primaries for that election ...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

Disappeared Records Of Closed Sessions

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I haven't written lately about the "disappeared" records. To tell the truth, I am not quite sure where we stand on this. A...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Julian Bond: 1940-2015

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Julian Bond was a smart, articulate, handsome leader of the American Civil Rights movement at a crucial juncture in our history. I was sadde...
Friday, August 14, 2015

Cuba: 1955 - 2015

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Watching the news this evening reminded me of the first time I saw Cuba. It was 1955, I was aboard USS Iowa (BB-61) for a training cruise - ...

An Old Saying About Deception Comes To Mind

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Fool me once, shame on you.    Fool me twice, shame on me.
Thursday, August 13, 2015

Is It Just Me? Or Is It Something I Said?

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In recent posts, I have raised the problem of missing records of closed sessions of the Town Board relating to South Avenue and Avenue A. ...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Town Of Oriental Releases (Some) Records Of South Avenue Closed Meetings

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Last night, a special meeting of the Town of Oriental Board of Commissioners voted to release some of the records of closed meetings concern...