Needed: a fundamental Culture Shift
There are many people talking about how America is changing and not for the better. They cite how we need to return to the Founding Fathers view of government. Further they lament over a loss of... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Let’s Make a Deal
As Donna Martinez reported shortly after the sales tax holiday went into effect in 2003, it was all a gimmick. A “shiny object” to distract North Carolina taxpayers from the real fact – a big... Read More
N.C. Schools trying to make a degree more affordable
As students prepare to flock to our state’s colleges and universities this month for the fall semester, here’s a statistic worth noting: Just 27 percent of adults in North Carolina hold a bachelor... Read More
Egypt, Nazi Germany and North Carolina
Does the following description of a political situation at the beginning of July apply to Egypt or North Carolina? **Just a year after winning a decisive election victory and taking power from an... Read More
McCrory off on school funding claim
Editorial by Travis Fain, Greensboro News and Record, August 1, 2013. Gov. Pat McCrory told an N.C. Chamber gathering this morning that the $7.8 billion in the budget for K-12 schools this year is the... Read More
The new state seal?
Source: Talking About Politics Translation: To be backwards rather than to seem backwards Read More
In the hearts of North Carolina patriots
From the epic poem to Dadaism, political turmoil has inspired new artistic genre. The Republican un-Reconstruction in North Carolina has made its own contribution, the obituary for “our formerly... Read More
The governor’s empty support of education
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, August 2, 2013 Hey North Carolina, turns out you have an education governor after all. That’s what Pat McCrory told a state chamber of commerce conference in Chapel... Read More
The new chief
No sooner did the state legislators vamoose out of town than the pundits begin publishing post-mortems and obituaries. Republicans, they opined, had a ‘breathtaking session,’ marched right off the... Read More
Could North Carolina Lead A 'Red-State Resurgence'?
Pat McCrory hasn't fared too well with protesters. The Republican governor of North Carolina has signed off on a vast array of conservative legislation this year, cutting taxes, slashing unemployment... Read More
