The Follies
Not inclined to shift money away from schools? The state budget debate shifts to the House next week even as more details buried in the 413-page budget bill that passed the Senate this week are coming... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Governor Pat McCrory's Rising Political Stock
As the legislative session drags on, the Governor is seeing his political stock on the rise. In January, when the General Assembly convened, the Senate went to great lengths to show the newly... Read More
Carolina Needs Capital Ideas
Just about every political cause in Raleigh is being pitched as a spur to economic growth. It’s easy to see why. North Carolina continues to post one of the worst unemployment rates in the country... Read More
Time is slipping away
North Carolina is a politically centrist state. Depending on the personalities that emerge and the economy, it can lean right politically. Republicans and conservatives, armed with a web of 527s... Read More
5 Troubling Ideas for NC Democracy
Let us put aside the major issues that divide North Carolina politics – taxes, the size of government, public vs. private education, abortion, guns, funding for the University of North Carolina... Read More
Is there a Democrat in the house?
North Carolina has become a red state. In 2010 and again in 2012, Republicans convinced voters that Democrats had done a poor job of running our state and they had a better plan. Their message was... Read More
A Thing you Rarely See
There’re a lot of clever politicians and smart politicians but there’re not many politicians with the courage to take a stand they know is unpopular. The other day, baffled by the raft of tax... Read More
Robin Hood in Reverse
There’s no doubt that Senator Berger’s tax reform plan is an attention getter. The problem, however, is the math just doesn’t add up. Under the GOP tax reform plan, North Carolina’s middle... Read More
The snarling, regressive Senate budget
Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger’s office issued a press release Sunday night about the Senate budget a few hours before the actual budget itself was online for reporters and citizens to read... Read More
When Liberals Love Privatization
Remember Where’s Waldo? Imagine for a moment that he had the word “privatization” stitched on his colorful little cap, and see if you can spot him in this word picture: North Carolina spends... Read More
