Laney Margolis is a Clinical Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She is originally from Pittsburgh and worked as a journalist and technical writer before changing course and becoming a psychologist in her late twenties. She lives in Durham, NC with her husband, teenage daughter and son, and three standard poodles.

Blog Entries by Laney Margolis

Jazzed NC Dems Work to Put Obama Over the Top

7 Comments | Posted October 7, 2008 | 09:23 AM (EST)


Tonight, at a Durham fundraiser, Obama supporters were jazzed about the increasingly real possibility that their man will win North Carolina on election night. The state moved into the "toss up" category about two weeks ago and Obama has led by a 1% - 5% margin since then. Looking this...

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Chick-Flick Club Falls in Love with Joe Biden

5 Comments | Posted October 3, 2008 | 11:41 AM (EST)



Going into Thursday night's debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin, some of the members of the Chick Flick club, a group of woman in Durham and Chapel Hill, NC, were feeling a little queasy. All avid Obama supporters, the Chick Flickers were worried that Biden might get...

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