On July 30, Pat McCrory, North Carolina’s Republican governor, walked out of his mansion to a group of women protesting a law he’d signed that they said would close abortion clinics under the... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, August 22, 2013. Local governments, schools and recreation leagues need to be particularly careful about who is allowed to coach or otherwise mentor children and... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News and Record, August 24, 2013. Legislators don’t have to accept Gov. Pat McCrory’s vetoes of two bills passed this summer. “We got pretty good last year at overriding... Read More
The state Department of Health and Human Services has created new high-salaried positions in its central office this year and is paying some top executives more than their predecessors even as the... Read More
Out-of-context reporting can have serious consequences, as evidenced by a letter in today’sNews & Observer: If the quotes attributed to DENR Sec. John Skvarla in the Aug. 20 “Under the Dome... Read More
by John Tinkelberg, Hickory Daily Record, August 22, 2013. Noted neurosurgeon Ben Carson and other speakers sounded a rallying cry for retooled education and reverence to God at the Hickory Metro... Read More
The purported debate over fracking underlies the tragedy of today's liberalism. Once liberals posed as friends of the working man. But now their fears about the environment take precedence over jobs... Read More
Agriculture and agribusiness is the largest industry in North Carolina. It accounts for $71.6 billion of the state’s economy. That’s nearly one out of every five jobs, and it’s worth protecting... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory says he has faced the same big problem new CEOs face — a wake-up call that general operations need a makeover. McCrory kicked off Thursday's 2013 CEO Forum at North Ridge Country... Read More
I'm not going to kid you. If your goal is to win our state back from the reckless Republicans who run it now, there's no easy path. But in response to the No. 1 question people ask me, the answer is... Read More
