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Kristof coming to Duke

janestancill — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:45:19 -0400

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof will speak at Duke University next week about gender inequality in the developing world.

Galifianakis and Helms, on screen

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:46:10 -0400

Another Galifianakis is making waves.

Longtime political observers may remember former U.S. Rep. Nick Galifianakis, best known for his unsuccessful U.S. Senate run in 1972, which paved the way for Sen. Jesse Helms' three-decade career.

Krugman criticizes Blue Cross of N.C.

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:48:54 -0400

Paul Krugman is taking Blue Cross to task.

The liberal New York Times columnist harshly criticized Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina over reports it plans to run a series of ads attacking health care reform.

NYT columnist to headline forum

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:59:00 -0500

Another New York Times columnist is headlining the Emerging Issues Forum.

Another Obamaite with Tar Heel ties

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:00:27 -0500

Another top adviser to Barack Obama has Tar Heel ties.

Cassandra Q. Butts has not been appointed to any official posts within the Obama administration yet, but she has known the president-elect since they applied for financial aid at the same time at Harvard Law School.

Whistling past North Carolina, part I

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:55:47 -0500

Thomas Schaller urged Barack Obama to write off North Carolina.

In a guest column in The New York Times on July 1, the author of "Whistling Past Dixie" argued that the then Democratic presidential nominee might find Virginia within reach, but not North Carolina and Georgia.

The Shallow South?

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:10:23 -0500

Has North Carolina seceded from the Confederacy?

The aftermath of last week's historic presidential election has led many national commentators to speculate that North Carolina and Virginia are no longer part of "the South."

The latest example comes from the New York Times today, which not-so subtly credits all those former New Yorkers moving to places like Cary for Barack Obama's wins here.

Ross, Silver take the gold in punditry

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:58:47 -0500

Two liberal bloggers came the closest to predicting North Carolina's presidential race.

Nate Silver, a statistics nut who runs the Web site FiveThirtyEight.com, and Kirk Ross, who writes the Exile on Jones Street blog about the legislature, both predicted Barack Obama would win the state. Silver said by 0.6 percentage points; Ross by 0.5 to 1.5 points.

More from the Dole camp

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:05:13 -0500

A brief sentence from the New York Times today:

In North Carolina, Republicans said that the huge surge of African-Americans was one of the big factors that led to Senator Elizabeth Dole, a Republican, losing her re-election bid.

New York Times calls for Hagan

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:52:53 -0500

The New York Times has called for Kay Hagan.