Is McCrory over his head?
Maybe Kieran Shanahan quit because Governor McCrory still hadn’t learned his name. The Governor called him “Sharon” and “Karen” at a press conference. Whatever caused Shanahan’s abrupt and... Read More
NC Spin Articles
North Carolina Ends Teacher Tenure, Teachers Will Now Have to Be Good at Their Jobs to Keep Them
Republican legislators in North Carolina have pushed through a proposal to revoke lifetime tenure for the state's public school teachers. Currently, all teachers are elligible for tenure after five... Read More
One-party rule fails North Carolina
I’ve gotten angry at our Republican governor and legislature this year. The voting changes they’ve imposed, from injecting partisan politics into our school board elections to eliminating... Read More
New NC voting rules too onerous? No, they don’t go far enough
Any first-year law student knows ignorantia juris non excusat: Ignorance of the law is no excuse. As such, all of us should know the provisions of the Voter Information Verification Act that has been... Read More
How N.C. became red again
One might shrug off the sweeping voting restrictions approved last week in North Carolina as typical of a Southern state under Republican control. But look again: Unlike many of its neighbors, the Tar... Read More
Response to "The Forgotten Middle Class.
This response was written by Jerry Williamson, after reading Tom Campbell's column, "The Forgotten Middle Class" in the Wilmington Star-News. First I want to thank you for this article which was... Read More
Wobble But Don’t Fall
And so it begins. After a weekend of online chatter, media spin, and political fulminations, there can be no doubt that the end of the 2013 legislative session was, in truth, the start of the... Read More
Is North Carolina model of a reborn Confederacy?
There was a time when North Carolina was a symbol of Southern enlightenment. Compared to the policies of the old “Solid South” — Democratic, conservative, fervidly anti-civil rights — the... Read More
A CEO on jobs and tax cuts
A successful businessman – and Democrat – offers the view below on the tax-cut bill passed by the legislature and signed by Governor McCrory. The writer is Reid Overcash, who has been a business... Read More
The Most Backward Legislature in America
I realize many of you in states like Texas, Indiana, Wisconsin, Florida, and Tennessee could tell similar stories, but the North Carolina General Assembly, with its GOP super-majority and leaderless... Read More
