Time and Again
In a previous column, I noted that the Left’s crusade against conservative ideas and politicians in North Carolina faces an implacable foe: the time-space continuum. Leftist predictions that... Read More
NC Spin Articles
McCrory cautious on unemployment insurance during Sunday show interview
Gov. Pat McCrory would not commit to putting North Carolina back into the federal program that provides long-term unemployment benefits during an interview on the N.C. Spin television program this... Read More
USDA threatens to pull funding over NC food stamp problems
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has failed to make promised changes to fix problems with its food stamps program, according to federal regulators. The state and federal... Read More
NC unemployment rate hits a five year low
In November, employers in North Carolina eliminated 6,500 more payroll positions than they added (-0.2 percent), due primarily to a net loss of 5,000 private-sector jobs. The monthly household survey... Read More
Mitt Tillis
Thom Tillis’ campaign paid too much attention to what he said and not enough to what you see in his new TV ad. It’s a perfect set-up for his opponents, whether Republicans or Kay Hagan... Read More
Governor's footdragging on filling Watt's seat unacceptable
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 8, 2014. Residents of the 12th Congressional District will go without representation in the U.S. House until November due to a cynically partisan decision... Read More
Questions raised about extending unemployment benefits in N.C.
If Congress passes a new law that clears the way for North Carolina’s jobless to once again receive federally funded extended unemployment benefits, it’s not a slam dunk that the state would agree... Read More
The 'trickle-down' lie
by Thomas Sowell, Townhall.com, January 7, 2014. New York's new mayor, Bill de Blasio, in his inaugural speech, denounced people "on the far right" who "continue to preach the virtue of trickle-down... Read More
War on poverty is deadly
America's half-century long War on Poverty has been a failure. How the war was lost is the topic Robert Rector describes in an insightful piece in this morning's Wall Street Journal. Rector writes... Read More
Governor deflects blame for problems at DHHS
Editorial by News and Observer, January 8, 2014. The error was bad enough. The state Department of Health and Human Services on Dec. 30 sent out new Medicaid cards with the personal information of... Read More
