What McCrory Is Counting On
When the July jobs report for North Carolina came out last week, showing an uptick in the unemployment rate, all the usual suspects said all the usual things. Republicans whose main focus is national... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Ruger Deal Just More Corporate Welfare
Last week, Governor McCrory’s office trumpeted the news that Sturm, Ruger & Company would be opening a new manufacturing facility in Rockingham County. While this may appear to be good news, the... Read More
No way welfare pays better than work
The Cato Institute is out with an update to their 1995 study which purports to show that, in most states, welfare pays better than work. They add up benefits available through eight programs to a low... Read More
Mayor pledges 'solution' after police stop some charities feeding Raleigh homeless
The mayor and a city councilwoman pledged Sunday to find a solution after police barred charitable groups from feeding the homeless in downtown Raleigh’s Moore Square during the weekend. In the last... Read More
'Gov. Moonbeam' lights the way in NC
Editorial by Ned Barnett, News and Observer, August 25, 2013. Pat McCrory ran for governor on the theme of broken government. Now many feel it wasn’t really broken until McCrory went about “fixing... Read More
The Biggest Fallacy of the Common Core Standards
Boosters of the Common Core national standards have acclaimed them as the most revolutionary advance in the history of American education. As a historian of American education, I do not agree. Forty... Read More
Ripping Off Young America: The College Loan Scandal
On May 31st, president Barack Obama strolled into the bright sunlight of the Rose Garden, covered from head to toe in the slime and ooze of the Benghazi and IRS scandals. In a Karl Rove-ian... Read More
NCAA is currently obsolete; here’s a way to make it work
The saber-rattling has begun. It started with SEC Commissioner Mike Slive lecturing the NCAA — in front of 1,200 members of the media — about its inability to get anything accomplished. He was... Read More
All-out assault on NC's environment begins
Gov. Pat McCrory’s decision to sign a massive regulatory reform bill on Friday is drawing sharp criticism from environmentalists, who say House Bill 74 loosens safeguards on coal ash ponds... Read More
Supporting teachers or blaming them
There are some very clear lines being drawn in the current education debate in North Carolina and the battle is not just about whether the General Assembly actually increased funding for education... Read More
