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Edwards goes for the gut
Rob Christensen: John Edwards has been a closer all of his life. As a Raleigh trial lawyer, his closing arguments drew other lawyers to watch his performance.
We were all once foreigners
Rob Christensen: In the 1750s, Ben Franklin thought the country was being overrun by Germans.
Johnny can't pass history
Christensen: When Ronald Reagan said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall," was the late president referring to: a) Kremlin Wall b) Wailing Wall c) Hadrian's Wall d) Great Wall of China or e) Berlin Wall?
Iowa is not cut and dried
Rob Christensen:Here's my report from 48 hours on the Democratic campaign trail in Iowa.
Politics, chivalry don't mix
Rob Christensen:This is a town named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who according to legend laid down his velvet cloak so his queen would not have to step in a mud puddle.
Bill aims to realign war clout
Rob Christensen:Republican Walter Jones of North Carolina and Democrat Bill Delahunt of Massachusetts represent two of the oldest European settlements in the United States -- Jones, the Roanoke colony; and Delahunt, Plymouth Rock.
Two state officials aim high
Rob Christensen:U.S. Sen. Sam Ervin Jr. used to have a sign behind his desk that read, "No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session."
To be the governor, be a lawyer
Rob Christensen:You don't have to pass the bar exam to be governor of North Carolina. It just seems that way.
Iowans take time to choose
Rob Christensen: Jackie McCarty is torn. A 46-year old homemaker and substitute teacher, McCarty is trying to make up her mind about whom to support in Democratic Iowa caucuses that will begin the presidential voting in January.
Taming growth is ticklish
Rob Christensen:Here's my plan for controlling growth in Cary. Everybody who moved to the town after July 1993 should pack his bags. Adios. Sayonara. Ciao.
An odd path to the top
Rob Christensen:Gov. O. Max Gardner, who held the position from 1929 to 1933, once described the process of running for governor as kissing the tails of everybody in North Carolina with the understanding that when he was governor, they would all have to kiss his.
A salute from the right
Rob Christensen:Tom Ellis, the 87-year old pipe-puffing Raleigh barrister, will be honored Wednesday by the conservative movement he helped build.
Dole gets ready for 2008
Rob Christensen:Elizabeth Dole's strategists hope next year will be better for Republicans. But Dole is taking no chances.
A digest of public disservice
Rob Christensen:During the 20th century, North Carolina had a reputation for honest government. Not so the 21st century.
The trial lawyer as equalizer
Rob Christensen:Hanging from a wall in the state AFL-CIO headquarters in Raleigh is a plaque memorializing six martyrs of the labor movement.
Class divide widening
Rob Christensen:As I wait for the light to change at the corner of Cary Parkway and Kildaire Farm Road near my home, I sometimes pass the time counting the Mercedes, Lincoln Navigators and Range Rovers that whiz by.
Bus riders lose to red tape
Rob Christensen:I got a call the other day from Peter Gray, who basically said: "Boy, have I got a deal for Raleigh."
'Peanut boss' was a populist
Rob Christensen:T.G. "Sonny Boy" Joyner once had this advice for a visiting reserved, citified Democratic politician who didn't have enough good ol' boy in him.
Power is a heady potion
Rob Christensen:At 11 a.m. Tuesday in downtown Raleigh, you could get two radically different pictures of your government at work.
Feed CAT and buy benches bus line
Rob Christensen:Memo To: Raleigh City Hall From: Rob Christensen
DMV's a horn of plenty
Rob Christensen:I love the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles the way a dog loves a bone.
Living la vie en rose
Rob Christensen:Newt Gingrich said it was OK for me to vacation in France.
In his fall, a lesson of money and power
Rob Christensen:It started with "Big Daddy" Jesse Unruh, the California Assembly speaker in the 1960s who coined the phrase: "Money is the mother's milk of politics."
Edwards' summer doldrums
Rob Christensen:These are the dog days of summer for John Edwards.
Bill would pare N.C. ballot
Rob Christensen:Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has been in office for a very long time. And yet nearly nine of 10 Tar Heel voters could not pick him out of a police lineup. North Carolina is democracy run amok.
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