Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 11, 2013. The low test scores released last week were expected, state and local education leaders said, because standards are higher. That makes sense... Read More
Psst. Hey kid. Pay no attention to those people behind the curtain, the ones telling you how screwed up we all are or what an angry, dysfunctional country this is. If all one knew of American life was... Read More
Fifty years ago, North Carolina declared war on poverty and did a pretty fair job of beating it back. But now it’s on the rise again. Under the leadership of Democratic Gov. Terry Sanford, the North... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory made the right call in late October when he refused to call a special session of the General Assembly to expand Medicaid. While the federal government will continue to pressure states... Read More
A dozen years ago, 16 Senate Republicans signed onto a bill that would have made a remarkable change in North Carolina state government. The 2001 bill had a simple title: "Abolish P.R." It would have... Read More
If you shot someone and he dies whether intentionally or not, you can’t take it back. If your words are hurtful, the sting and their indelible impact belies the expressed ending “but words can... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 9, 2013. It’s a struggle many people experience – searching for high-quality care for a parent with an age-related disease without resorting to a... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, November 11, 2013. The mind inevitably turns, on Veterans Day, to thoughts of sacrifice and loss. Only someone with the soul of a bloodless bean-counter would... Read More
by John Frank, Under the Dome, News and Observer, November 8, 2013. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Greg Brannon is acknowledging his campaign lifted material from Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s website... Read More
Remember when fiscal conservatives took over North Carolina government and radically reduced its size and scope? Sorry, trick question. No such event ever happened, except in the fevered imagination... Read More
