Just asking for a friend.....
A friend asks why don't the pro-life protestors speak to abolishing the death penalty or gun violence, the number one leading cause of death for children? Read More
Balanced Debate For The Old North State.
My Spin by Tom Campbell
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Why don't they do something?Visiting Normandy will forever change the way I observe Memorial Day. Read More |
School choice offers a brighter future
School-choice advocates are ecstatic. Critics are despondent. It would behoove both sides to temper their expectations a bit. Read More
Cooper drops the mic - twice
The governor may not have been able to make the abortion veto stick, but he has the biggest microphone in the state and plans to use it. Read More
A majority of North Carolinians want a compromise on the U.S. debt ceiling
Over three-quarters (76%) of North Carolina residents say they are very or somewhat concerned about the U.S. government defaulting on its debt and not being able to pay its bills. Read More
Goodbye to Fort Bragg
If our nation is ever successful in completing its task of erasing racism, intolerance and injustice, the armed forces and particularly the Army and Fort Bragg must be given due credit. Read More
Why North Carolina should hit pause on Blue Cross Blue Shield conversion
Allowing BCBS of North Carolina to convert hundreds of millions, possibly billions, of dollars worth of charitable assets without so much as an open and honest debate and meaningful review by regulating entities and the public is unacceptable. Read More
School voucher bill is egregious
Private and parochial schools can pick and choose students who align with their beliefs and reject others. The public schools are open to all regardless of race, creed, color, sexual orientation and religious or political beliefs. Read More
Who is not running for president in 2024?
We elders are aware of the slow, cognitive decline that makes us so adorable. Who can predict when that might start for you or for me? Read More
Monopoly men: GOP legislative leaders continue to expand their power in all directions
When Republicans took charge of our legislature in 2011 they promised a new era of openness and transparency. What we got was a much greater extension of legislative power than ever imagined. Read More
Workfare still superior to welfare
Voters didn’t know exactly what workfare might look like in practice but, broadly speaking they favor it. Read More
Trading bad for worse
A born showman is trying to become a politician. Read More
GOP control freaks
The party once associated with freedom has now morphed into a party of control and censorship Read More
Robinson and Stein neck and neck in gubernatorial poll
In the CIVITAS poll Lt Governor Robinson held less than a one percent lead over Attorney General Josh Stein. Read More
It's not their money
The Blue Cross restructuring bill would use the money of policy holders, including investments, to allow up to $1.9 billion to be transferred to a holding company. Read More
How we can limit political gerrymandering in 2023
Legislators should adopt stricter redistricting standards and stick with them when redrawing state legislative and congressional maps. Read More
Two House Republicans resign leadership positions in wake of derogatory comments
The resignations may be acceptable but the underlying philosophy isn't. Read More
Will our history repeat itself?
This Memorial Day we remember that patriots will sacrifice “self” for the common good. Patriots do not live a “my way or the highway” life. Read More
Make it easier to start charities
Our state's charitable enterprises deliver tremendous value to North Carolina but policymakers could boost their efforts by making it easier to start new charities. Read More
The least abortion rights flip-floppers can do is explain themselves
Rather than the heeding the pleas of those their votes the four opted for the decidedly uncourageous path of keeping their heads down, and counting on short voter memories, dark money donors, and the power of gerrymandering to protect their political hides. Read More
The world they lived in
Watching current events, we fret, forgetting the courage and faith of our earliest patriots. Read More
Mark Robinson and his rivals
Robinson is the 21st-century culmination of 3.5-centuries’ trafficking in political hatred. Read More
NC House passes bill to 'fund students', not systems
The NC House takes another step toward school vouchers. Read More
Senate budget proposal comes up short
North Carolina has billions of dollars in savings, yet the Senate budget doesn't even help teachers keep up with inflation. Read More
Who are you calling an extremist?
The modern impulse is to label something or someone as extreme if their opinion differs from yours. Read More
A Democratic republic
The founding fathers would have chased today's MAGA Republicans out of town with pitchforks. Read More
