Got something to hide
It’s amazing how fast politicians go from being all for openness and transparency to all-out for keeping public information from the public. Take the Republican legislators’ fight to keep... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The law of unintended consequences
A doctor is a simple creature. He measures achievement by a straightforward standard – the Hippocratic Oath. A businessman also measures success by a simple standard – money, income and outgo... Read More
Liberals can't stand to see Republicans succeed in NC
If there's one state that's drawn the ire of Democrat activists, it's North Carolina, a blue state turned bright red, thanks to dissatisfaction with President Obama. Liberals can't stand the fact that... Read More
State Board of Ed meeting features "Little Miss Muffet" skit
This is NOT an April Fool’s Day joke. This actually happened at today’s N.C. State Board of Education meeting. During a session about Common Core in the early grades, a kindergarten teacher read... Read More
Thank goodness NC (and other states) said 'No' to Obamacare
The General Assembly and the governor have taken a lot of heat for refusing to set up a state exchange under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare.) At CLC, one health expert explained why. Michael... Read More
Vocational training essential for future workers
I’ve been pondering the issue of competency gaps among our young adults and the needs of business for over a decade. It is a complex issue, which may account for the appeal of scrutinizing a single... Read More
The "skills-gap" myth continues
A few months ago, Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, and Marlene Seltzer, the chief executive of Jobs for the Future, published an article in Politico titled “Closing the Skills Gap... Read More
Worn out on Wos
Editorial by News and Observer, March 31, 2014. There has been evidence aplenty that Aldona Wos, the state secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, isn’t up to the job. A medical... Read More
Behind the state's jobless numbers
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, March 30, 2014. Politicians and think tanks argue as to why the state’s unemployment rate has fallen almost 3 percentage points in a year, but along with other... Read More
Start up the rural economy
During most of its history, North Carolina was a state of widely dispersed residents. There were no truly big cities, many small towns, and fewer sparsely populated counties than, say, Virginia or... Read More
