Three Bogus Quotes
Following the Panthers' bizarre loss to the Buffalo Bills last Sunday, I was looking through the comments section on the Panthers coverage blog on charlotteobserver.com.  Basically, the rule of thumb is that if you didn't just win the national championship, there's someone out there on the internet angrily calling for someone to be fired.  The latest targets on the Panthers are coach John Fox, who's always played a conservative game but has had more success in Charlotte than either of the previous two coaches, and  quarterback Jake Delhomme, who truly does look like his career is about over.  Of course, after an ugly loss like the one to the Bills, the message boa

Dell Closes Winston-Salem Factory, after less than 5 years, over $300 million in incentives
Boy, I wish I could act surprised at this one.  After intense public criticism of the $305 million in incentives, between tax breaks, worker retraining, and flat cash grants to the massive computer maker, a scant five years later Dell is pulling up the stakes and decamping.For the reading class on urban development I'm taking right now, I'm reading a fair bit of radical geographer David Harvey, but th