What are the “key attributes” of Greater Raleigh? The Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau is glad you asked. Because they’ve done a lot of market research aimed at “branding” Raleigh/Wake County as a desirable destination — complete with the new logo (above) they unveiled today.
(Update: Speaking of desirable, Chuck Berry will headline the opening […]

Jesse Helms died early last Friday. When I heard the news, I suppressed the impulse to say here what I thought of him. Not the time, while his family and friends gathered to bury him. [And, I’d already had my say about him, which you can read here.]
Five days later, I’m still not comfortable speaking […]