By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – It’s too bad that sports reporters and historians at Atlantic Coast Conference headquarters are not reading the book “ACC Basketball.” This UNC Press book by Sam Walker was published last year and chronicles the game during the conference’s first 20 years. On…
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Will John Edwards someday be the new Newt Gingrich? Where did this crazy question come from? To get the answer, read on. First, we should wrestle with the questions political experts have been stuttering over since Gingrich’s stunning upset of Mitt Romney…
By Dr. Robert Moore, The Raleigh Telegram SOUTH CAROLINA – During one of the most bizarre primary seasons on record, South Carolina has been thrust into the role of the Republican presidential nomination “decider.” If Mitt Romney cannot be defeated in the Palmetto State, he appears all but certain to…
By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – There has to be a better way. Some of us reached that conclusion after discussing the mess our congressional and legislative governing systems have come to. Winston Churchill said that democracy is the worst form of government “except for all those other…
By Dr. Robert Moore, The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – Dismay, chagrin, fear — these are common reactions among GOP leaders to the dramatic political rebirth of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. As a surging candidate for the 2012 nomination, Gingrich’s continuing march to his own drummer is unnerving party…
By Dr. Robert Moore, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The October 18th Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas concluded a string of eight nationally televised debates. Five of these have occurred since early September and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is widely considered to have “won” all eight debates. Among…
