While many North Carolinians might take home a little more of their paycheck next year, they will likely be spending more of it as well. Lawmakers passed a major tax reform package in July that lowers... Read More
A higher education riddle: When can a college slash tuition by almost half, without losing revenues? Answer: When nobody much pays full tuition anyway. When Converse College, a tiny women’s college... Read More
If 2013 is remembered as the year when a conservative supermajority rolled into Raleigh and turned North Carolina’s moderate reputation on its head, it must also be appreciated as a time when those... Read More
I wonder how many of the middle-class Tea Party supporters realize that they have been had. The billionaires who are the guiding hands behind Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Works are looking out... Read More
Politicians can be progressives, liberals, conservatives, Democrats or Republicans, and right-wingers. They just can’t be dumb. The American people will never elect them to office. Let’s look at... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, December 25, 2013. The State Board of Elections rightly sent a strong message to their local counterparts at its late December meeting: You must assure that... Read More
North Carolina’s unemployment rate has fallen more than other states’ this year, and changes in the state’s unemployment system may be a contributor, Wells Fargo Securities economist Mark Vitner... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 26, 2013. Energy is big business in the United States, but very little of it comes from our state. Gov. Pat McCrory and legislative leaders want to change... Read More
Pope Francis lauded Jesus' humble beginning as a poor and vulnerable baby as he celebrated his first Christmas Eve Mass as pontiff Tuesday in St. Peter's Basilica. "You are immense, and you made... Read More
North Carolina said goodbye to leaders in government and politics in 2013 – trailblazers who included a civil rights leader, a governor, a lobbyist and a man who helped build the Republican party... Read More
