Shifting primary good for the state
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, August 27, 2013. Amid controversy over voter ID requirements and early voting changes and other modifications to North Carolina’s election statutes enacted by... Read More
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2013 session may haunt GOP
Legislators will return to the capital next week to figure out what to do about Gov. Pat McCrory’s two vetoes. Then, the 2013 legislative session should be put to bed for good. No more bizarre bills... Read More
Obamacare: the reason fast-food workers are unhappy
WRAL misses the elephant in the room in dutifully playing its part in the messaging for a minimum-wage hike via covering fast-food workers’ self-defeating strike: “When I saw the strikes on TV... Read More
I am a victim of patient suppression
It's like voter suppression. Only it took place at medical offices. Yesterday I had my blood tested, and today I had a CT scan. In both places, I was required to show a driver's license – or, I... Read More
Rural Center plan would halt grant-making, diminish agency
Leaders of the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center outlined plans Wednesday for a diminished future for the nonprofit agency, saying the loss of millions in state money will lead it to a focus on... Read More
Did the GOP cut history class?
Editorial by Jim Jenkins, News and Observer, August 29, 2013. The N&O’s popular Past Times column edited by Teresa Leonard is a sometimes-nostalgic, sometimes-serious look at stories about events of... Read More
Restaurant industry provides good, flexible jobs
As North Carolina’s unemployment rate remains one of the nation’s highest, the restaurant industry has been an economic bright spot by providing good-paying, reliable jobs in our state. In the... Read More
It’s not enough just to have a dream – you must act on it, too
About 30 years, seven months and three weeks ago, when my first ex-fiancйe packed up and went back home to her mama – at least that’s who she claimed she was going back to – for the final... Read More
King's wondrous words still unfulfilled
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, August 27, 2013. President Kennedy, no slouch at speeches himself, recognized a good one when he heard it. Watching on TV as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave... Read More
The Governor has no clothes
North Carolina Republicans are in trouble. Not only because of what they’ve done but because they’ve lost any sense of objectivity. They started believing their own talking points and dismiss any... Read More
