Job killers
Governor McCrory and legislative Republicans have a theory: Cut taxes and regulations, and jobs will flow in. What if they’re wrong – not only on the economics, but also on the politics? What... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Saving energy- and how the middle class gets shafted again
All of us want a cleaner environment and a way to lower energy costs for our homes and vehicles. We have supported the increased costs in cars as new technology has been added to increase fuel... Read More
Legislature should obey state constitution on funding UNC system
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 13, 2013. Somewhere along the line, the words of the state constitution got lost in the making of University of North Carolina system tuition policy. The... Read More
Questions surround state's largest teacher advocacy group
There are big questions about the state's largest teacher advocacy group. The North Carolina Association of Educators has 50,000 members but some teachers, who haven't seen a raise in years, are... Read More
NC Senate race tightens considerably
The North Carolina Senate race has tightened up quite a bit in the last couple months, with early attacks ads on Kay Hagan and the unpopular rollout of Obamacare taking a toll on her poll numbers... Read More
Moral Monday cases confuse Wake courts
Editorial by News and Observer, November 13, 2013. Some Republican legislators treated Moral Monday protesters as if they were unruly college students out demonstrating against Saturday classes. In... Read More
NC educators should focus beyond low-performers
North Carolina adopted the Common Core curriculum in math and language arts and more rigorous tests for its students. The results have come in as expected: dismal. Only 44 percent of students... Read More
Hagan calls for probe of healthcare website as political support drops
by Renee Schoof, News and Observer, November 13, 2013. U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan said Tuesday that she wants federal investigators to examine how contractors who were paid to create the go-to site for the... Read More
Few NC residents able to enroll as healthcare website problems persist
Denise Dunn is one of the lucky ones. She’s one of just a handful of Triangle residents who have successfully applied for subsidized insurance on the crash-prone federal enrollment site. After... Read More
Is it the Democrats’ turn to implode?
I’ve heard from a few people lately that the Democratic Party is headed for the same kind of intraparty demolition that continues to plague Republicans. According to this view, Democrats haven’t... Read More
