Don’t throw the tea party overboard
In the wake of the government shutdown and near default, a Beltway consensus has emerged: The GOP lost, the tea party movement is to blame and, therefore, the former must abandon the latter or risk... Read More
NC Spin Articles
It's the character, stupid
If Democrats want to come back in North Carolina, they need to avoid their usual mistake of thinking it’s all about the issues. It’s in Democrats’ DNA to do that. We’re issues people. We... Read More
The transparently political two percent solution for education
It’s no secret in Raleigh that Republican leaders are worried about the political fallout from the cuts to education they made in the budget passed by the General Assembly and signed by Governor Pat... Read More
Obamacare laid bare: mendacity, paternalism and subterfuge
by Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post Writers Group, published in News and Observer, November 1, 2013. Every disaster has its moment of clarity. Physicist Richard Feynman dunks an O-ring into ice... Read More
Republicans turn up rhetoric on Medicaid expansion in North Carolina
Editorial by News and Observer, November 1, 2013. They speak, incredibly, as if getting health care to 500,000 North Carolinians is a bad idea, something they’re not remotely interested in under any... Read More
From school to prison in North Carolina
A report released Wednesday by Action for Children North Carolina makes another cogent case against North Carolina’s bad law that puts all juveniles over age 15 in adult court regardless of the... Read More
Even our best unemployment numbers aren't good
When I go on the air or in front of audiences to discuss North Carolina’s sluggish economy, one response I often hear is that the problem isn’t really statewide. The state’s major metropolitan... Read More
Landrieu to propose saving vanishing health plans
Sen. Mary Landrieu said Wednesday she would propose legislation to ensure all Americans could keep their existing insurance coverage under Obamacare, a fresh sign of the political problems the law’s... Read More
Big money likely to enter judicial races
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, October 30, 2013. One of the more puzzling voting reforms passed this summer by the N.C. General Assembly dealt with an important part of elections that too few... Read More
Is high early voting a response to new voter laws?
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, October 28, 2013. Aconsistently higher number of citizens taking advantage of early voting for the Nov. 5 municipal election in Pitt County begs an important... Read More
