Benefits cut...people go get jobs
North Carolina has just run an experiment about what happens when unemployment benefits run out: Many jobless people go get jobs. The state's unemployment rate has fallen markedly, and this may be... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Obamacare arrives: Stop the bailout now
by Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post Writers Group, published in News and Observer, January 2, 2014. First order of business for the returning Congress: The No Bailout for Insurance Companies Act... Read More
Despite opponents, the ACA's start is a proud moment
Editorial by News and Observer, January 2, 2014. At midnight on New Year’s Eve, the United States fulfilled a resolution that went unkept in many earlier years. It finally did something to increase... Read More
Resolution for gov: Use better judgment
Privatize! That’s what conservatives often push when government workers do a job poorly. But that’s not a viable alternative when government workers keep making problematic hiring (and firing... Read More
Gloomy Americans foresee a downhill slide to 2050
Ask people to imagine American life in 2050, and you'll get some dreary visions. Whether they foresee runaway technology or runaway government, rampant poverty or vanishing morality, a majority of... Read More
State politics will reach pivot point in 2014
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 1, 2014. North Carolina has an exciting political year ahead in 2014, one that might determine whether the state’s acceleration toward the Republican... Read More
North Carolina set to overtake Michigan as ninth-largest state
North Carolina gained about 100,000 people between 2012 and 2013, the U.S. Census Bureau reported, a 1 percent growth rate that puts the state on track to overtake Michigan to become the nation’s... Read More
Feds back NC schools progress
Editorial by News and Observer, January 2, 2014. The whole notion of grants from the federal government in the Race to the Top program came about because public school systems had some work to do to... Read More
NC now in top 10 for worst drivers
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, December 27, 2013. Admit it. You’ve used some harsh (if not downright nasty) language about a driver who’s pulled out in front of you, cut you off, sped past... Read More
A textbook debate
Recent headlines have called attention to the issue of state public school textbook funding. Partisans have tried to score political points with quotes like the following: Not another state lawmaker... Read More
