Students hungry...for food
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, September 8, 2013. A new national study confirms what Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools already knew – too many children are coming to school hungry and that’s taking... Read More
NC Spin Articles
UNC trying to slow grade inflation
Contextual grading may place spotlight on easy courses or lenient profs In 2008, a committee of faculty members at UNC-Chapel Hill discovered that the average grade of a Carolina student was... Read More
School boards asked to use public money to support lobbying
I am in receipt of documents that show the NC School Boards Association (NCSBA) has organized an Action Center to support their agenda. They are asking School Boards to contribute to that Action... Read More
Bad apples
There are about thirty-seven ways to get an appointment/job in a Governor's administration. The first is for the Governor to know you personally. He knows your character and capabilities. All other... Read More
Not time to pull out the crystal ball
If you are absolutely sure what is going to happen in next year’s midterm elections, my advice is to keep it confidential, tell just a few key folks, let them be awestruck by your prescience on... Read More
In Defense of the Income Tax
If you read much about the history of taxation in the United States, you begin to realize that a driving force behind tax policy has been the idea of creating fairness between different classes of... Read More
Keeping up with McCrory
is getting hard to keep up with all the contradictions, falsehoods and confusing statements coming from Gov. Pat McCrory and his office. Wednesday morning McCrory appeared at the State Board of... Read More
The big mess at DHHS
Editorial by Ned Barnett, News and Observer, September 9, 2013. As Gov. Pat McCrory’s newly appointed secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, Aldona Wos gave a speech to... Read More
Crime rates falling, but law enforcement must keep targeting hot spots
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, September 9, 2013. It may not seem like it, but overall crime has gone down, both in North Carolina and the Cape Fear region. Statewide, the crime rate fell last... Read More
Highway fund must be kept at adequate level
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, September 9, 2013. The N.C. Department of Transportation’s chief financial officer had bad news for his board members last month, and it was bad news for... Read More
