One of the most contentious sessions of the General Assembly can now end within the next two weeks with the passage of a tax bill. Some will continue to hold their breath until the Senate gets the... Read More
The other day Thomas Edsall of the New York Times reported that a terrible thing has happened. Since the Voting Rights Act passed, the number of Black state legislators has grown from fewer than... Read More
This is a bad deal for North Carolinians. What the Governor and Legislature agreed on won’t support job creation and it will drain resources needed to bolster our economy. It puts at risk the... Read More
The tax reform package is a good compromise and a good first step in overhauling the out-dated tax code in North Carolina. It is very easy and popular to promise tax reform on the campaign trail... Read More
Well, they did what previous General Assemblies and governors have tried for decades and have never been able to do until now – reform North Carolina’s outdated, cumbersome and complicated tax... Read More
From Under the Dome, July 15, 2013. State GOP Chairman Claude Pope has submitted an open letter responding to The New York Times editorial which expressed anguish about North Carolina's decline as a... Read More
This week, one of my Tea Partier tro…um, “friends” on Facebook asked me, “What good has the Democratic Party done for North Carolina in the past fifty years?” I ignored his question because... Read More
With a Republican takeover of state government and weekly protests in Raleigh, the Tar Heel State is the front line in America's partisan battle. Nowhere is the battle between liberal and conservative... Read More
On a Charlotte radio station last week, I was asked what in the world has happened to Mayor Pat since he moved to Raleigh six months ago. My answer is that nothing has happened. Gov. McCrory and Mayor... Read More
Over the past two years some of my friends have sent me emails containing videos of "Flash Mobs" around the world. These events appear to be spontaneous but actually are carefully planned by a few... Read More
