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Entries by Michael Carmichael from 10/2011

The Innovator: Steve Jobs

| Posted 10.06.2011 | Technology
Read More: Vision, Steve Jobs, Images, Information, Apple, Death of Steve Jobs, Computers, Silicon Valley, Visionary, Computer, Technology News

He never lingered over the fact that he was dying. Visions swirled into his mind surrounding him with the urgency of a prophet. A new medium for mem...

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Populist Backlash Crushes Art Pope's Forces in North Carolina

| Posted 10.12.2011 | Politics
Read More: Cultural Diversity, Chapel Hill, Lloyd Scher, Kevin Hill, Occupy Wall Street, Heather Losurdo, Ray Margiotta, Winston-Salem, Wake-County-School-Board, Christine Kushner, Wake-County-School-Board-Protests, Wake County School Board Protests, Resegregation, Fayetteville, Creationism, Durham, Greensboro, Charlotte, Right-Wing Extremism, North Carolina, Reactionary, New Yorker's Jane Mayer, Democratic National Convention, Susan Evans, Asheville, Keith Sutton, Wake County, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board, Jane Mayer, Segregation, Wake County School Board, Homophobia, Racial Diversity, Jim Martin, Diversity, Art Pope, Extremism, Tea Party, Koch Brothers, New Yorker, Koch, Politics News

North Carolina's right-wing political boss, Art Pope, is having a bad week. One week after a searing profile appeared in the New Yorker, Pope's ultra-conservative ticket fell under the crushing weight of a populist uprising.

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Battleground North Carolina: Democratic Women Fired Up!

| Posted 10.23.2011 | Politics
Read More: Women's Rights, David Koch, Tea Party, Chapel Hill, Richard Burr, Koch Brothers, Unc, Orange County Democratic Women, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, John Lewis, Hamilton, Molly Ivins, Harry Truman, Obama, Occupy Wall Street, Mecklenburg County NC, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nino Scalia, Paul Wellstone, 2012, Republican, Battle of the South, Jefferson, Cesar Chavez, Bank of America, Gay Rights, Joan Dresser, Charlotte-North Carolina, Charlotte, Barbara Jordan, North Carolina, Palin-Bachmann, Abortion Rights, Citizens United, John Roberts, Wake County, Ellie Kinnaird, Tom Tillis, Donna Brazile, Jim Crow, Wall Street, Alice Bordsen, Charles Koch, North Carolina Democratic Women, Wake County School Board, Jimmy Carter, Gene Nichol, Renee Price, Lillian's List, David Price, Art Pope, Voting Rights, Politics News

Recognizing that women's rights will take a devastating hit if Republicans return to power in 2012, Democratic women are rising to face the challenge.

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