Spillover
Business and industry got exactly what they wanted when Governor McCrory and DENR Secretary John Skvarla took office. Then they got exactly what they didn’t need when Duke’s coal ash spilled into... Read More
NC Spin Articles
A little patience
The other day I was feeling a little down and blue about Republicans’ foibles then thanks to Democratic Chairman Randy Vollmer the sun broke through the clouds. Awhile back, the Democratic Party... Read More
Local businesses, bases hope to withstand military budget cuts
Growing fruits and vegetables on 200 acres of Lenoir County land is sometimes a hard way to make a living. Curtis Smith knows it’s the military in North Carolina that gives his family farm a... Read More
Regulators were frustrated at slow pace of Duke coal ash stormwater controls
State environmental regulators repeatedly tried to impose stormwater runoff controls at a Duke Energy power plant in Person County but were met with inaction by their supervisors for years, according... Read More
Wall Street values on Jones Street
The moral decline of modern capitalism infects North Carolina state government There are lots of insidious ways in which the unfettered greed and inequality of 21st capitalism are infecting and... Read More
Look before you (statistically) leap
Last Friday, some 44,000 discouraged North Carolina workers suddenly disappeared. Relax. It’s not as mysterious and tragic as it sounds. What happened was that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics... Read More
What's next for proponents of education choice?
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, February 27, 2014. A Wake County judge last week blocked private school tuition grants — what state lawmakers called “Opportunity Scholarships” when the... Read More
Vollermort
The internal politics of the North Carolina Democratic Party are a mystery to me, so I’m lost when people ask, essentially, “WTF is Randy Voller up to?” So I refer you to an insightful piece by... Read More
Giving a friend a break
The other day when one of the bureaucrats over at the Department of Health and Human Services slipped up and made a mistake, the blame landed squarely on Secretary Aldona Wos’ shoulders. And Wos... Read More
NC is boringly average
Fair warning: I may be about to bore you to distraction. Is there any more potent political issue in North Carolina than education? Probably not. As allies of the teachers union, Democrats hope to... Read More
