Evaluating teachers
When I was a teacher, I was evaluated three times during the year. this evaluation was in writing and the principal and I got a copy. Twice by a fellow teacher and once by the principal or assistant... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Nine key questions: Will Obamacare survive
How did it go? Unavoidably, that will be the big question come Tuesday. But there will be much more to it than that. A 180-Day Open Enrollment––Not a One-Day Open Enrollment What happens on the... Read More
McCrory, Media and Mayhem behind closed doors
Last week the Governor invited select radio and television news directors to a closed door (no camera) session where he sought to enlist their support in “positive news” about state government... Read More
Back to the future with health insurance
I believe the origins of U.S. health insurance stem from depression era efforts to help hospitals in our growing urban areas remain open to care for those in need - in essence a pre-paid... Read More
Bugs aside, Obamacare’s basic concept can’t work
James Pethokoukis reminds National Review Online readers that Obamacare’s real problems are not tied to the glitches that it will undoubtedly face as it’s implemented. President Obama admits... Read More
McCrory says Justice Department's voting lawsuit is 'overreach and without merit'
Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday called the U.S. Justice Department's lawsuit against North Carolina’s voting law “overreach and without merit.” “I firmly believe we’ve done the right thing. I... Read More
Feds right on voter suppression lawsuit
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, October 1, 2013. In a lawsuit Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder said what many in North Carolina, including this editorial board, have already said: That a sweeping... Read More
Time to put an end to corporate welfare
Welfare … a word that evokes many emotions. The Republicans rail against welfare for the poor, saying that it creates dependency on the government. To that end, the U.S. House passed a bill cutting... Read More
Shutdown politics
The shutdown showdown shows how much worse politics is today than in the 1990s. And it was bad then. Back then, Newt Gingrich shut down the government because…well, nobody can remember why. Except... Read More
Race to the bottom
John Hood recently wrote that liberals dismiss Republican’s tax cuts and deregulation as economic tools because they don’t believe in the relationship between taxes, regulation and economic... Read More
