Paulson: More crises to come
On the five-year anniversary of the U.S. financial meltdown, former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson said on Sunday the country can count on more financial crises to come, but hopefully none the size... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Heckuva job
At the end of his first term, George Bush was asked what he would have done differently. He couldn’t think of one thing. Everything was lovely despite wars without end, 9/11, exploding deficits and... Read More
On a disappointing road
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, September 15, 2013. Apparently, the definition of “local input” is open for rather broad interpretation when it comes to how the North Carolina Department of... Read More
Campus 'cap' needs better explanation
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, September 15, 2013. Here are some important things to bear in mind as the UNC System and the rest of us take a few months to think through a proposal to raise the... Read More
Lack of competition in Obamacare
North Carolina consumers could be the biggest losers after one of three insurance carriers that applied to participate in the Obamacare federal exchange announced its decision on Thursday to withdraw... Read More
Jesse Helms Averts a Primary
Thirty years ago this month, it looked like the North Carolina Republican Party might have a bruising primary for the nomination to replace Gov. Jim Hunt, who was nearing the end of his second term... Read More
Key causes of health care mess
John Steele Gordon shares with Barron’s readers some of the historical background for the current American health care predicament. … [O]nce policies and programs start, they foster... Read More
Bad press relations with DHHS can harm public
Recent media reports have highlighted large salaries and raises given to young Department of Health and Human Services staffers who worked on Gov. Pat McCrory’s campaign, but what’s been less... Read More
Obama-care causes a national dizziness
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, September 11, 2013. The back-and-forth over the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obama-care, has gotten so divorced from reality that it’s hard to tell... Read More
Health care deadline looms
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, September 15, 2013. Oct. 1 looms large on the calendar of Pitt County Public Health Director John Morrow. That is the date when more than 1 million North... Read More
