Driving Republicans crazy
Whatever else it does, Obamacare drives Republicans into a frenzy of hype, hypocrisy, irrationality and overreaction. Exhibit A: Republicans in Congress are outraged that website glitches prevent... Read More
NC Spin Articles
6 sign up for healthcare insurance the first day
CBS News reports on the incredibly low number of people who actually successfully signed up for health insurance through the complete failure commonly referred to as the Obamacare exchanges. SCOTT... Read More
Beth Wood: "I never said Medicaid was broken"
from an interview with the News and Observer editorial board, posted November 1, 2013. State Auditor Beth Wood met with the editorial board and some newsroom folks this week to talk about her office... Read More
Is college worth it? Bill Bennett says "no"
Bill Bennett, the former Triangle resident and U.S. secretary of education, has long liked to tweak the people who run America’s colleges and universities. “Sure I do. I enjoy it. They deserve it... Read More
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
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
