In the aftermath of last week’s political firestorm surrounding the nomination of Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. as executive director of the North Carolina Democratic Party, Chavis, who had his... Read More
The new health care law may raise insurance premiums for 11 million small business employees and lower rates for 6 million others. That's an estimate from a report by the Centers for Medicare... Read More
Editorial by Asheville Citizen-Times, February 21, 2014. The Federal Communications Commission is moving aggressively to see that the Internet remains equally open to all. Despite recent court... Read More
Gene Epstein of Barron’s devotes his latest column to explaining why the government-mandated minimum wage fails to live up to its promise of helping the poor. The debate over raising the... Read More
The battles over school funding often dissolve into partisan bickering. But people hoping to use Robb Leandro as a political football for either side should look elsewhere. You might know his name... Read More
Josephus Daniels was a North Carolina newspaper mogul, Democratic party kingmaker, Prohibitionist, progressive leader, ardent Methodist, equally ardent segregationist, friend to William Jennings Bryan... Read More
An environmental calamity as massive as Duke Energy’s coal ash spill into the Dan River inevitably leads to finger-pointing. Someone has to pay. In media coverage and public response, Duke Energy... Read More
It’s certainly reasonable for people to use the unemployment rate and the number of jobs created to evaluate the performance of an economy. Robust growth typically means greater opportunities for... Read More
Here is something you might have missed in all the coverage of the massive coal ash spill into the Dan River at a shuttered Duke Energy plant on Feb. 2. There are a total of 31 coal ash ponds at... Read More
I am hurt,” says the dying Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet after trying to stand up for his friend Romeo and getting stabbed for it. “A plague o’ both your houses!” In popular remembrance, we... Read More
