Regicide
Checkmating her father doesn't make Sydney the fourth Polgar sister, but it's pretty good for a third-grader. I was lulled into overconfidence as I gazed across the chess board at this cutie with the Carolina blue cast on her arm, when suddenly she had lined up her queen and her rook and the game was over. She didn't seem particularly surprised.
Carved in Stone
Always check with your big donors before you unveil their gargoyle likenesses on the building they gave.
Local Politics
Democrats did better in Guilford County than they did in many other places. State Senator Kay Hagan whupped seemingly strong challenger Mark McDaniel, and she did it over the pique-driven opposition of a formidable Democratic-leaning PAC. Maybe she's the one to challenge Howard Coble? And maybe she should fire up a weblog. Also, in a display of effective gerrymandering by NC Dems, Brad Miller beat Carolyn Grant in the new 13th Congressional district.
Four races showed that local voters will cross party lines for a clearly superior candidate. Wide margins of victory went to the better choices in elections for sherriff, clerk of court, County commissioner (Thigpen) and district attorney (these winners include one Republican and three Democrats, but the point is that that's beside the point).
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