Wobble But Don't Fall
And so it begins.??After a weekend of online chatter, media spin, and political fulminations, there can be no doubt that the end of the 2013 legislative session was, in truth, the start of the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Where are we now North Carolina?
A few weeks ago I wrote in the New York Times that North Carolinians were so distracted by legislation they had no time to focus on what may be coming in a state budget. Our state struggles with the... Read More
Progress in North Carolina
Editorial by National Review, July 26, 2013. Democrats are terribly upset with Republicans in North Carolina: Having won the state house, the state senate, and the governorship, along with nine of... Read More
Giving Our Kids a Chance to Compete in the Global Economy Means High-Speed Broadband Capacity
In Mooresville, North Carolina, school may be out for summer, but the halls are not quiet. President Obama’s visit to Mooresville last month highlighted Mooresville Graded School District’s... Read More
Uneven economy cause for concern
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, July 22, 2013. The U.S. economy appeared to be doing well. A few months ago, it seemed that perhaps a true economic recovery was coming in 2013 or 2014. Then it... Read More
GOP agenda wins but so do the lawyers
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 27, 2013. Up on Jones Street in Raleigh, our legislators have turned out the lights, shut the door and gone home until the short session begins next May... Read More
Elections have consequences
Editorial from Durham Herald-Sun, July 26, 2013. As midnight neared in the General Assembly Thursday, representative after representative stood to speak his or her piece against the sweeping election... Read More
Lawmakers took aim squarely at us ladies
A few weeks ago, I snapped a picture at one of those Moral Monday protests in Raleigh that encapsulated a lot of what I was feeling about the N.C. legislature. A young woman with her dog in tow held a... Read More
‘The North Carolina way’ takes a sharp right turn
Call it the big shift – a sharp right pivot by North Carolina state government in spending priorities, taxes, social policies and even in tone. Not since the 1930s, when North Carolina was staggered... Read More
A session for the ages
Editorial by The Charlotte Observer, July 28, 2013. The 2013 session of the North Carolina General Assembly has adjourned, meaning we can look forward to 290 blessed days of no damaging legislation... Read More
