Dear John letter’ to Pat McCrory
Dear Pat, I had such high hopes for us, expressed in “My Love Letter” to you back in April. I eagerly followed your campaign, excited for a much-needed change in administration for our state, only... Read More
NC Spin Articles
North Carolina GOP gets message - too much, too far
Thank you, Colin Powell, for speaking truth to North Carolina power. Republican leaders who shrug it off will do so at considerable peril. The former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint... Read More
The missing headlines about the Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act is back in news lately. But most of the headlines have not been about the benefits offered by the law, the millions of people it has already helped, or the upcoming enrollment... Read More
A Real Leader
Governor McCrory should have hung around to hear Colin Powell. He would have seen a real leader. He might have learned something. Presumably, McCrory had “boring stuff” to do that was more... Read More
A Sea Change
Republicans have been riding high since the 2010 elections but, now, there’s a bushel basket full of polls – by both Democrats and Republicans – floating around Raleigh that tell a sad tale. At... Read More
McCrory: Tax changes “too complex” for journalists to understand
Gov. Pat McCrory seems to be repeating his mistakes, at least when it comes to explaining how and why 70,000 North Carolinians were cut-off from federal unemployment benefits on July 1. The Republican... Read More
Want to know if your hospital is a rip off? Move to North Carolina.
Medicare made waves earlier this year by releasing the prices that hospitals charge for the most common procedures. North Carolina now wants to take a step further: Gov. Pat McCrory (R) signed... Read More
Stepping on toes: in surprise Asheville visit, McCrory defends policies
Gov. Pat McCrory spoke to the Council of Independent Business Owners this afternoon, asserting he was “stepping on some toes” to lower taxes and make the state run more like a business. There was... Read More
The gas tax is running out of gas
North Carolina leaders came together with surprising ease this spring – Democrat and Republican, rural and urban – to agree on a new formula for making smarter use of state road-building dollars... Read More
Legislature Gets A- On Growth
When it comes to addressing North Carolina’s most-pressing challenge, our lackluster economy, the state legislature deserves a grade of A- for its 2013 session. Here's how I computed the grade. Last... Read More
