Jesse Helms, former U.S. Senator from North Carolina, died today, the Fourth of July. He joins John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe, who also died on the Fourth. In one of my favorite presidential stories, John Adams showed his contempt for Jefferson in his final words, “Jefferson survives.” Adams did not know, however, that [...]
For any of those in the Stone Mountain, Snellville, and Loganville areas, the reversible lane system on US Highway 78 will be gone this Thursday morning. Here’s a little more information, from Brett Harrell’s blog:
Sometime after 7 p.m. and before 5 a.m. on Wednesday evening, February 13, 2008, C.W. Matthews Contractors will begin re-striping [...]
Why Politicians Don’t Know the Internet
James Carville on the BCS
FactCheck of YouTube Debate
More from Lawrence Lessig on political corruption here. I have said this before, but I really appreciate the work that Larry Lessig is doing into political corruption. Lessig previously worked on Creative Commons and has dedicated the next ten years of his studies to political corruption.
The video is an hour long. I [...]
Yesterday, Bruton Smith, CEO and majority owner of Speedway Motorsports, Inc, told the city of Concord, North Carolina who’s boss. See articles in Scene Daily, That’s Racin’, ESPN, and FoxSports.
After the city of Concord changed the zoning regulations to specifically stop Smith and SMI from building a drag racing strip next to Lowe’s Motor [...]
Recently, Time magazine had a great article about New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and California Govenator Arnold Schwarzenegger. Both are working on issues that the federal government has yet to provide viable solutions for: fighting global warming, fighting disease (through stem-cell research), illegal gun sales and illegal guns, affordable housing, tobacco, poverty on [...]