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Barlow Herget is a commentator and host on SGR Today. He has been a commentator on UNC public radio and an instructor in continuing education at Duke University. Herget was a Nieman Fellow ('70) at Harvard University, has worked for the Daily Press of Paragould, Ark., the Detroit Free Press, and the News & Observer of Raleigh. His articles have appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times and numerous other publications. Have something to say to Barlow? Contact him by email:
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Barlow's Beat
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By Barlow Herget
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Tuesday, 11 June 2013 15:22 |
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Barlow Herget receives a startling, mysterious cell phone call and sees the call as part of the the rise of technology and government eavesdropping. He finds the combination unwelcome markers for American's free press and right to privacy.
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Barlow's Beat
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By Barlow Herget
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Thursday, 06 June 2013 16:59 |
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Barlow Herget reports that the campaign ads to frighten voters over the Affordable Health Care Act's (Obamacare) next implementation phase in 2014 already are on the airwaves. He says the Republican and anti-Obama groups are expected to spend millions to try to stir up the same kind of frenzy against the Act in the 2014 Election that was successful for the GOP in 2010.
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Barlow's Beat
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By Barlow Herget
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Friday, 31 May 2013 12:45 |
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Governor McCrory is overreaching when he pulled off a power-grab surprise to dismantle the Attorney General's office, says Barlow Herget. Moving the SBI to work for the governor rather than the AG is another bad idea.
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Barlow's Beat
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By Bruce Ferrell
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Tuesday, 21 May 2013 16:13 |
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Barlow Herget is thankful that some of the more odious bills in the state legislature did not make it through the crossover cutoff. But he advises voters to keep praying.
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Barlow's Beat
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By Barlow Herget
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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 09:16 |
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Barlow Herget reflects on his father's generation and its members' attitude toward working for a common goal compared to the bitterly divided and anti-government groups today.
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Barlow's Beat
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By Barlow Herget
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Thursday, 09 May 2013 12:51 |
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Barlow Herget looks at several of the unfinished new tax reform bills and sees old results. The poor get poorer and the rich get richer.
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Barlow's Beat
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By Barlow Herget
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Wednesday, 01 May 2013 16:21 |
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Barlow Herget says President Obama should turn a deaf ear to those who are calling for intervention in Syrian civil war.
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