by Tom Campbell I went to this week’s Moral Monday protest to learn what all the rancor is about and gained some insights from the experience. I didn’t find a bunch of lefty loonies, morons or outsiders. Because of tornado alerts and impending rainstorms the crowd numbered less than a thousand. The call from episcopal [...]
Tune into NC SPIN this week as we discuss The House Budget, The Senate Tax Reform, Monday Morons and Lowering blood alcohol content. Joining moderator Tom Campbell this week are Brad Crone, Political Consultant, Chris Fitzsimon, Director of NC Policy Watch, John Hood, President, The John Locke Foundation and Connie Wilson, Former Legislator. Air [...]
by Tom Campbell Before the January start of this legislative session leaders of both houses proclaimed major overhaul of North Carolina’s tax codes to be among their highest priorities. Three weeks before the July 1 start of the new fiscal year, when tax and spending measures are to be implemented, these promised reforms haven’t materialized, [...]
by Tom Campbell One of the inalienable rights of citizenship in this nation is the First Amendment right to peaceably assemble and to petition for a governmental redress of grievances. Recent events at our General Assembly, however, warrant concern that those freedoms might be in jeopardy. The state NAACP, along with others, has made no [...]
North Carolina has become a red state. In 2010 and again in 2012, Republicans convinced voters that Democrats had done a poor job of running our state and they had a better plan. Their message was louder and more effective and they won control of state government with boldness, conviction and an incredible display of [...]
Jim Holshouser grew up in the mountains of North Carolina, came home to Boone to practice law with his father and got interested in politics. He served 10 years in the North Carolina House, was House Minority Chair and my father’s seatmate. That 1972 election, when he beat Skipper Bowles for Governor, was considered an [...]
by Tom Campbell I went to this week’s Moral Monday protest to learn what all the rancor is about and gained some insights from the experience. I didn’t find a bunch of lefty loonies, morons or outsiders. Because of tornado alerts and impending rainstorms the crowd numbered less than a thousand. The call from episcopal [...]
Tune into NC SPIN this week as we discuss The House Budget, The Senate Tax Reform, Monday Morons and Lowering blood alcohol content. Joining moderator Tom Campbell this week are Brad Crone, Political Consultant, Chris Fitzsimon, Director of NC Policy Watch, John Hood, President, The John Locke Foundation and Connie Wilson, Former Legislator. Air [...]
by Tom Campbell Before the January start of this legislative session leaders of both houses proclaimed major overhaul of North Carolina’s tax codes to be among their highest priorities. Three weeks before the July 1 start of the new fiscal year, when tax and spending measures are to be implemented, these promised reforms haven’t materialized, [...]
Tune into NC SPIN this week as we discuss Dueling Tax Reform Plans, Tax reform’s impact, Selling North Carolina, and The Senate race is on. Joining moderator Tom Campbell this week are Dan Blue, III, Political analyst, Becki Gray, Columnist, Carolina Journal, John Hood, President, The John Locke Foundation and Peg O’Connell, Political Consultant. [...]
Special Interests Hamper Economy
by John Hood Both the federal and state constitutions protect the right of North Carolinians to petition their government for redress of grievances. Perhaps you think I’m about to opine on the Moral Mondays protests at the Legislative Building in Raleigh. No, I’ve covered that already. All North Carolinians have a right to assemble, speak, [...]
Common Core: Critics in search of a coherent vision
By Terry Stoops, former classroom teacher and Director of Research and Education Studies, The John Locke Foundation. From Carolina Journal. For three years, opponents of Common Core State Standards have done a good job articulating shortcomings of the widespread adoption of common standards and testing, identifying key flaws that undermine their quality and rigor. They [...]
By Jim Goodnight, CEO SAS Institute, published in News and Observer, June 14, 2013 Regarding the June 5 article “Forest no fan of Common Core”: I am concerned by misleading information regarding the Common Core State Standards. The CCSS effort is not an intrusion by the federal government. It was initiated by the National Governors’ [...]
