Letter to the man in the truck
Speak into the lies and ugliness. It gets easier the more we do it Read More
NC Spin Articles
Cost curve bends, but not enough
Medical spending in the US as a share of gross domestic product was 15% lower than projected 14 years earlier, and indeed was only “marginally higher” than in 2010. Read More
An open letter to journalist Scott Pelley
Pelley said, “There is no democracy without journalism!” Read More
North Carolina's ongoing public education crisis
North Carolina is among the bottom of states in public k-12 spending as a share of state taxpayer income. Read More
Boosting civic knowledge among young adults is no simple task
The continuing success of the American “experiment in self-government” depends on current and future generations keeping open minds. Read More
The South, racism and America's unpaid moral debts
Put away your Confederate flag, stop venerating the cheap mass-produced monuments to white-supremacists and finally repudiate the murderous ideology that has defined and poisoned Southern society sine 1619. Read More
Election integrity lives in the fine print
Administrative agencies should not quietly add requirements the statute does not contain. Read More
Isn't it about time to know paternity?
Fewer than three in ten newborns will live with both biological parents until the age of eighteen. Read More
Revisiting George Washington on our 250th
Washington did some remarkable for these times and he did it twice. Read More
Federal crash will hurt North Carolinians
Budget analysts in and out of government correctly fingered entitlements as the primary driver of federal deficits. The time will come when everything will have to be included in discussion and negotiation. Read More
