Eighty-two bucks a month. For nearly a decade, that was the price I paid for the student loans that funded my bachelor’s degree. My education wasn’t completely self-financed. My parents helped out... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, August 5, 2013. So House Republicans have approved a bill to dismantle the federal No Child Left Behind law that, ironically, was a product of the George W. Bush White... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, August 4, 2013. At a time when teachers and schools are stretched thin, it’s nice to see our governor thinking outside of the box in an effort to strengthen public... Read More
Congress has again sold the citizens of the USA a bill of goods to which it is not willing to be bound. This time it is Obamacare, from which the Office of Personnel Management has recently granted... Read More
North Carolina Republicans push through a host of deep red measures Four years ago, liberals thought that North Carolina was in transition, a red state slowly turning blue in President Obama's "new... Read More
Here we don’t go again. Sure, the Research Triangle is a technology hub, but North Carolina households rank last in the nation in having adequate high-speed access to the Internet. A sorry... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News and Record, August 2, 2013. Back in April, two state representatives who are attorneys in private life introduced a little-noticed bill. It aimed to make it easier for... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, August 3, 2013. Saying something doesn’t make it so, goes the old saw, but somewhere along the way Gov. Pat McCrory didn’t pick that one up. In a speech to the... Read More
A judge blocked the transfer of control of Charlotte Douglas International Airport to an independent commission on Thursday, pending a decision from the Federal Aviation Administration about the... Read More
North Carolina is taking a lot of flak these days from those who live far away, the New York Times editorial board only one recent example. We're being painted as a state in hopeless peril for all of... Read More
