by Karen Garloch, Charlotte Observer, September 29, 2013. After years of partisan debate, public confusion and a Supreme Court challenge, the Affordable Care Act goes before consumers Tuesday when... Read More
If the government shuts down on Oct. 1, the GOP will “fold like hotcakes” in the fight to defund Obamacare, Sen. Tom Coburn said Friday afternoon before a critical set of votes. The Oklahoma... Read More
Yesterday I asked why the three camps in Washington – the House Republican Bigwigs in Washington, the House Republican Conservatives in Washington, and President Obama –couldn’t sit down and... Read More
Today I suspend Republican-bashing to recommend a provocative political analysis. Titled “Will Disillusioned Millennials Bring an End to the Reagan-Clinton Era?,” it’s from a professor and... Read More
by Thomas Mills, Politics NC, September 26, 2013. Republicans are all in a lather about the implementation of Obamacare. Here in North Carolina, they got news that sent them over the moon. Our state... Read More
As children return to school and sign up for a new year’s worth of extracurricular activities, parents should keep one question in mind. Whether your kid loves Little League or gymnastics, ask the... Read More
by Charles van der Horst, published in News and Observer, September 27, 2013. Although I have never met Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby, according to news reports he has kindly... Read More
Most Americans think the government is doing more to help the rich at the expense of the poor and middle class, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. According to the survey, 53 percent of... Read More
With only three days left until a possible government shutdown, nobody — not even those in charge — know how the budget battle will end. Or if it will end. The scenarios are all very messy and... Read More
The Governor, it appears, looking at his ailing poll numbers, figured the legislature had landed him in the soup, so it was only prudent to put some distance between himself and the Republican... Read More
