In the line of fire
Politics 101 used to say that getting in the news was good for politicians. Not today. The new rule is: If you’re in the spotlight, you’re losing. The more you’re in the news, the lower your... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Rare Congressional hope
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, December 12, 2013. This week’s unusual round of bipartisan effort among members of Congress toward avoiding fits, starts and shutdowns in setting federal... Read More
DHHS was wrong to blame counties for food-stamp breakdown
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, December 12, 2013. Aldona Wos, state secretary of health and human services, owes an apology to every social services worker in the state after she and her... Read More
Insults won't build useful, long-lasting bridges
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, December 12, 2013. Demonizing doesn't lead to productive discussions and useful solutions. Unfortunately for North Carolina taxpayers, that's the tactic Gov. Pat... Read More
A broken model
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 12, 2013. Raise your hand if you cheered (or jeered) well past your bedtime during North Carolina’s improbable upset of No. 1 Michigan State last week... Read More
Health care law to crimp US hiring
Corporate financial chiefs say they expect to reduce hiring and also move more jobs to part-time status as a result of the Affordable Care Act, according to a new survey from Duke University and CFO... Read More
Lawsuit challenges vouchers for NC private schools
he battle over private school vouchers in North Carolina is headed to court. On Wednesday, 25 plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in Wake County Superior Court, calling the state’s voucher program an... Read More
North Carolina's legislature hasn't come for me...yet
During the state legislature’s frenzied shredding of the safety net for those most in need in North Carolina, I kept thinking of the Niemoller quote. You know the one. “First they came for the... Read More
Nearly 9,000 in NC have now signed up for subsidized insurance
Nearly 9,000 people in North Carolina have signed up for individual insurance through the glitch-plagued healthcare.gov website, federal officials said Wednesday. The enrollment numbers are an... Read More
North Carolina continues to lag nation in job creation and is moving in the wrong direction
Despite recent superficial improvement in North Carolina’s unemployment rate, persistent joblessness continues to plague the state’s workers and hinder the state’s recovery from the Great... Read More
