A Common Core
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 18, 2014. North Carolina’s replacement of Common Core may boil down to the question: What’s in a name? The movement led by some Republicans to withdraw... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Lawmakers confused about Medicaid reform should hold off on changes
Editorial by News and Observer, July 17, 2014. Trying to engage in a major overhaul of a huge government program such as Medicaid is, to quote an old song, like changing a flat in a hurricane. Even... Read More
Two sides in film incentive debate
It's looking like the current film incentives program may be scrapped for a much different grant program for TV and movie production companies. Other possible outcomes of this year's legislative... Read More
Another round of the numbers game
Several of my recent columns have addressed the statistical basis of political disputes over education funding, the state budget, and declines in North Carolina’s unemployment rate. Researching... Read More
Phil Cantor, Jr.?
Republican primaries are the best entertainment you can find this summer. First Eric Cantor loses in a monumental upset. Then black Democrats save Thad Cochrane’s hide. Then two former Democrats... Read More
Sound and fury
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 17, 2014. Some Greensboro-area residents have expressed relief that they won’t be getting so many political phone calls and mailings now that the Republican... Read More
Walker win a protest of negative campaign ads
On Wednesday, July 9, 2014, Mark Walker called a press conference at the Guilford County GOP Headquarters to accuse Phil Berger, Jr’s father, Phil Berger, Sr., of using his influence as President... Read More
A telling protest against same-sex marriage in NC
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond appears poised to uphold a lower court ruling that not only would topple Virginia’s marriage ban but also could provide precedent to overturn bans on... Read More
No laurels for the laureate
Wordsmiths are hacked off at McCrory,who named a local poet for glory,it turns out her verse, the pros found adverse, And now the Laureate is a worry. http://www.wral.com/today-nccapitol... Read More
Senate Medicaid overhaul provisions draw criticism
A new Senate plan to overhaul the state’s Medicaid program drew immediate fire from doctors and hospitals who do not like that the proposal would open the state to commercial managed care for people... Read More
