Low class 'Carolina trash'
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, March 11, 2014. Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday helped kick off a new statewide anti-litter campaign that intends to raise awareness of littering and crack down on... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Let's end the practice of legislators choosing their voters
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, March 11, 2014. Rep. Mitchell Setzer, R-Catawba, has an extraordinary political record. The eight-term state House member has had only one opponent for election... Read More
UNCW survey uses questionable methodology
Lefties are giddy about a survey released by Robert Smith and Scott Imig, education professors at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). Frankly, the survey reflects poorly on the... Read More
Corporate welfare is just plain bananas
Chiquita Brands, less than two years after being bribed by Charlotte's and North Carolina's political class to move headquarters to Charlotte, is on the verge of merging with an Irish company. The... Read More
Democrats loose with labels, fast with facts
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion,” Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan reportedly observed, “but not his own facts.” Today, that sharp rebuke sounds like the description of a... Read More
NC Economy to grow in 2014, UNC Charlotte economist predicts
by Deon Roberts, Charlotte Observer, March 11, 2014. Despite sluggish job growth in recent months, North Carolina’s unemployment rate is expected to keep falling throughout 2014 to below 6 percent... Read More
Climate change links vanish from DENR website
Links and documents about climate change have recently disappeared from the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources website. As recently as Jan. 21, information about climate change was... Read More
Students must read to achieve
What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. I’m talking about the political struggle over North Carolina’s 3rd grade reading standard, not the violent struggle between Paul Newman and the... Read More
Yet another corporate tax cut?
A proposed change in the way North Carolina taxes multistate corporations would fail to achieve its goal of boosting investment and job creation, and instead result in revenue loss that would threaten... Read More
Buying pizza and repairing buildings
Back in 2000 or 2001, a state legislator named Art Pope was waiving around a list in a House committee meeting, demanding that the Democrats in charge take note. The list contained expenses paid by... Read More
