Getting older
The mental, emotional and physical changes I go through every day simply astound me. Read More
NC SPIN Posts by Cash Michaels
Why are they running?
Candidates either run for office promising to lead in the best tradition of public service or become a tool of a powerful political force that represents anything but truth, or public service. Read More
We want our poor kids to be better than us
We can pontificate all we want about how everything starts in the home, but conveniently forget the level of domestic violence in our own homes, or violence we tolerate as news or entertainment under our own roofs. Read More
Voting for who we really are
There's one sure way to know which direction the Old North State is headed, and that will take place next year during the 2024 races for governor and president. Read More
The need to reclaim, repair and rebuild
It is clear that unless there is a healing and reconciliation so that blacks and whites there can come together, the port city’s black community will never share in the prosperity that the rest of Wilmington seems to be enjoying now. Read More
Blacks still targeted by traffic stops in NC
In the aftermath of the recent fatal police shooting of a black motorist in North Charleston, S.C. comes a new study from a UNC-Chapel Hill researcher that conclusively documents how, for 12 years... Read More
Chavis to Democrats: Decide if you want me
In the aftermath of last week’s political firestorm surrounding the nomination of Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. as executive director of the North Carolina Democratic Party, Chavis, who had his... Read More
NC Democrats, hypocrisy and Ben Chavis
A tragedy took place this week, and it deserves insight, reflection and perspective. Earlier this week it was announced that Randolph Voller, the chairman of what is clearly a divided NC Democratic... Read More
Sutton’s ouster as school board chairman a stab to the back
Cash Michaels, editor and chief reporter for The Carolinian in Raleigh, offers up a blog post with his analysis of the ouster of Keith Sutton as chairman of the Wake County Board of Education... Read More
