A Tribute to Modern Politics
Up in Virginia they’re locked into a donnybrook of a Governor’s race – the Republican candidate’s saying the Democratic candidate’s a hypocrite and a poor family man and a threat to every... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Redistricting Legal, But Not Fair to Voters
Editorial from The Charlotte Observer, July 9, 2013. Of the 170 seats in the N.C. General Assembly, only 10 percent – 17 seats – are considered competitive. Six are in the House, four in the... Read More
McCrory’s semantic gymnastics around his promises
Governor Pat McCrory didn’t offer many specifics during his campaign for governor but he was clear about a few things. Two of them were that he supported an overhaul of the state tax code that was... Read More
Shooting the Reasonable Fellow
Colon Willoughby, the District Attorney, is catching it from all sides. Faced with the chore of prosecuting hundreds of ‘Moral Monday’ demonstrators, Willoughby suggested to the protestors they... Read More
Can Tillis Duplicate Holshouser's Singular Victory?
One Republican U.S. Senate candidate has a special additional reason to be grateful for Holshouser's example. As Thom Tillis, speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, seeks to leverage... Read More
Redistricting Ruling No Surprise
No one should have been surprised that three Superior Court Judges upheld the congressional and legislative districts drawn in 2011. The unanimous ruling stated that the NAACP, a former legislator and... Read More
Bad process, bad bill
Editorial in the Durham Herald-Sun, Thursday, July 4, 2013 One state government leader, reflecting on the State Senate’s surprise attack on abortion rights this week, summed it up perfectly in our... Read More
McCrory wanted to rebrand NC; the legislature is doing it for him
North Carolina’s national brand may be changing – but not the way Gov. Pat McCrory intended when he talked during his campaign about the Tar Heel state undergoing an image makeover. “North... Read More
To Build a Better Brand for Business
Liberal politicians, left-wing activists, and political commentators have spent months prodding, baiting, and criticizing new Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led state legislature... Read More
The Real Progressives in Raleigh
In Raleigh, the conservatives are confidently progressive and the progressives are desperately conservative. The modern-day conservatives who inhabit the General Assembly, the executive branch, and... Read More
