Tea Party at the Crossroads
by Thomas Sowell, Real Clear Politics, November 12, 2013. Third parties have had an unbroken record of failure in American presidential politics. So it was refreshing to see in the Tea Party an... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Commerce secretary: N.C. seeing influx of jobless people
by Eric Frazier, Charlotte Observer, November 12, 2013. The push to lower North Carolina’s high unemployment rate is being slowed by a persistent skills gap and a continued influx of jobless people... Read More
About 1,700 in NC selected health plans
Federal officials say about 1,700 North Carolina residents successfully signed up for health insurance plans on the troubled health care exchange website in the first month of open enrollment. The U.S... Read More
Goodnight goes to Washington to urge expansion of pre-k
Jim Goodnight, the CEO of Cary software company SAS, spoke at a press conference in Washington Wednesday marking the roll out of bills that would expand voluntary preschool nationwide if they become... Read More
UNC should lead by lowering tuition and fees
Editorial by News and Observer, November 14, 2013. William Friday, the late president emeritus of the University of North Carolina system and the man who designed what is now a 16-campus structure... Read More
Obama admin. posts low health care signups
Planting a paltry number on a national disappointment, the Obama administration revealed Wednesday that just 26,794 people enrolled for health insurance during the first, flawed month of operations... Read More
Job killers
Governor McCrory and legislative Republicans have a theory: Cut taxes and regulations, and jobs will flow in. What if they’re wrong – not only on the economics, but also on the politics? What... Read More
Saving energy- and how the middle class gets shafted again
All of us want a cleaner environment and a way to lower energy costs for our homes and vehicles. We have supported the increased costs in cars as new technology has been added to increase fuel... Read More
Legislature should obey state constitution on funding UNC system
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 13, 2013. Somewhere along the line, the words of the state constitution got lost in the making of University of North Carolina system tuition policy. The... Read More
Questions surround state's largest teacher advocacy group
There are big questions about the state's largest teacher advocacy group. The North Carolina Association of Educators has 50,000 members but some teachers, who haven't seen a raise in years, are... Read More
