More to do on NC health care gap
Let’s put our hands together for North Carolina. Among the 36 states that used the federal health care exchange, North Carolina came in third – with more than 200,000 residents enrolling in... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Time to curb basketball's 'one and done' trend
Editorial by News and Observer, April 7, 2014. Today, there’s a new national champion in NCAA men’s basketball, but in the afterglow will come again the question: Isn’t it time to be done with... Read More
A more accurate portrait of NC state debt
Most of us have jobs, and with those jobs come certain benefits, most noticeably health care and retirement benefits. The same is true for state employees. Public school teachers, judges, elected... Read More
Trying to drive the new road-building highway
I'm told that one of the wise, old political operatives in the state recently remarked that do-nothing politicians in today's highly partisan environment move down a safer path than those who attempt... Read More
Duke Energy's trust gap
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 7, 2014. It should come as no surprise that people here don’t trust Duke Energy’s planned experiment on local trees with a “growth regulator.” This... Read More
Voting registration deadline is Friday
Those wishing to cast a ballot in May’s primary election must register to vote by Friday – and this year the deadline is final. Since 2008, North Carolinians who missed the deadline got a second... Read More
A plan to come together as a nation
While I was attending the Conservative Leadership Conference in Raleigh, I had the privilege of hearing Matt Kibbe, President of Freedom Works. His message was simple yet profound. His six points... Read More
FCC should let markets work
In February, Federal Communications Chairman Tom Wheeler declared that the North Carolina General Assembly had no authority to determine telecommunications policy in North Carolina. Well, okay... Read More
It's too early to be running for governor
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, April 4, 2014. Stop running for office already. No, we’re not talking about those campaigning right this minute for elected offices that will be in play starting... Read More
NCPedia becomes and even richer -- and tempting -- resource
by Bob Ashley, Editor, Durham Herald-Sun, April 5, 2014. If you wanted to know how Lizard Lick got that name – one of my favorites on the North Carolina map – you could, of course, Google it. But... Read More
