GOP likely to lose seats in N.C.
If North Carolina Democrats were to gain some legislative seats this year, state and national pundits would probably spill gobs of ink — or at least fill gobs of pixels — with elaborate... Read More
NC Spin Articles
At DENR, an NC watchdog loses its bite
At the heart of what has gone wrong at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is this: Amy Adams doesn’t work there anymore. It’s not that Adams, a former DENR regional office... Read More
N.C. Politics changing radically
The conventional wisdom about North Carolina politics from 20 years ago is now about as useful as a rotary telephone. Tar Heel politics has been transformed in recent decades with breathtaking speed... Read More
U.S. healthcare is the best! And the worst!
From an international perspective, the American health care structure looks a lot like its system of education. Each, at its pinnacle, is a wonder of the world. Just as the globe's best and brightest... Read More
Big business takes on Tea Party on Common Core
Tea party activists have been waging war for months against the Common Core academic standards. Now, in a coordinated show of muscle, Big Business is fighting back — and notching wins. The urgent... Read More
Spill = one term for McCrory?
Without Duke Energy, Pat McCrory wouldn’t be Governor. Now, with Duke’s coal-ash spill, he may very well be a one-term Governor. Get some popcorn and get a comfortable chair, because this movie... Read More
Tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy or raises for teachers?
North Carolina still ranks 46th in the country in teacher pay according the latest rankings released this week by the National Education Association. And it looks it will be a while before that... Read More
Spare the cities
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 14, 2014. State legislators are at it again. They are considering a plan to restrict local governments’ authority to govern themselves. In the last few... Read More
Former DENR workers talk about coal ash, water quality and new directions
The editorial board and some newsroom folks met with three former employees of the NC Department of Environmental Resources to talk about the agency and its direction. Attending were George Matthis... Read More
Anti-tenue law punishes more than rewards
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, March 13, 2014. Lawmakers say some lousy teachers show little ability or inclination to educate but can't be removed from the classroom because of tenure contracts... Read More
