Who should pay?
Editorial by Greensboro News-Recod, April 27, 2014. North Carolina school systems are asking local taxpayers for more support. County commissioners, or voters, will decide yes or no. Guilford County... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The Newby wink: weighing the effects of generous campaign contributions and judicial gratitude
by Gene Nichol, UNC Professor who doesn't speak for the University, published in News and Observer, April 26, 2014. The constitutional pronouncements of the U.S. Supreme Court sometimes present... Read More
Tax cuts have hindered - not spurred - NC economy
Editorial by News and Observer, April 26, 2014. North Carolina’s Republican lawmakers are holding up the latest jobs report like long-ridiculed Bigfoot hunters who’ve come down the mountain with... Read More
Senate GOP candidates: Differences are subtle but real
One week before the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, the differences between the candidates appear subtle. Two televised debates did little to separate them on major policy issues. All oppose a... Read More
Easter week shows who's savvy and who isn't in NC politics
One of the cardinal rules of politics and public relations is that bad news should be released before a big holiday weekend, and good news is trumpeted when people are paying attention. So the Easter... Read More
Let's make DHHS accountable for Medicaid
From N.C. District 96 Rep. Andy Wells, a Republican from Hickory who is running unopposed for the N.C. Senate District 42 seat: Medicaid is the biggest, fastest growing program in state government... Read More
McCrory's Core test
Will Governor McCrory stand up to the rising Republican revolt against Common Core (they call it “Obamacore”)? Rushing to pander to the Tea Party, Republican legislators who once embraced the... Read More
Forest jumps gun on Common Core. Where is McCrory?
Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest has made repealing the Common Core education standards one of the crusades of his office, solidifying his hero status on the Tea Party Right in the Republican Party. So... Read More
From a teacher: Don't ditch Common Core
Remarks by Nancy Gardner, English teacher Mooresville Senior High, published in Charlotte Observer, April 25, 2014 "My name is Nancy Gardner..and I teach Senior English students at Mooresville Senior... Read More
The charter school basketball factory rolls on
A recent report that a basketball coach in North Carolina was busy evaluating overseas players isn’t all that unusual. Professional teams do it all the time. But this wasn’t the head of an NBA... Read More
