State unemployment rate rises
from The Carolina Mercury, August 19, 2013. The state’s seasonally adjusted July unemployment rate was 8.9 percent, increasing 0.1 of a percentage point from June’s revised rate. The national rate... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Berger not sounding like he's poised to challenge Hagan
Senate leader Phil Berger was not sounding like a many ready to jump into the race with Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan next year when he showed up on an Eastern North Carolina radio station last week. "I... Read More
A Major League Blunder
Governor McCrory increasingly looks like a modest Triple-A ballplayer who is befuddled by big league pitching. His latest whiff is defending the DHHS salary debacle. McCrory should have put as much... Read More
N.C. Teachers: Third prize is you're fired
I took a shot this morning at explaining the ins and outs of K-12 education funding, with a focus on teacher salaries. Bottom line: They're not so good. We've frozen the salary steps so long that they... Read More
Republicans should back a single-payer health-care system
My party, the Republican Party, has staked out amazingly naпve positions on two of the key domestic issues facing us: immigration and health reform. These issues are intertwined. Health Affairs, one... Read More
The voting rights foo-fa
This isn’t a story of sin begetting sin but of foolishness begetting foolishness. Years ago, somewhere, some Democratic political guru sat in a room with reams of demographics of people who never... Read More
A sharp turn to the right
North Carolina is channeling Alabama and South Carolina when it comes to the best economic, social and political model for a Southern state. For more than half a century, North Carolina has been... Read More
Agricultural industry wants immigration veto overridden
News and Observer, August 16, 2013. The state’s agricultural industry is pushing for an override of the governor’s veto of an immigration bill that would have made it easier to use seasonal... Read More
Opposing wind power vs. wind power subsidies
As is common with left-of-center partisans, the standard characterization of those who criticize taxpayer subsidies for wind power tend to miss the mark. They accuse critics of opposing wind power... Read More
Why there is no voter fraud in NC
After finally discovering the identities of the five persons who voted twice in the November 2012 election, the Voter Integrity Project of NC is ready to announce more stunning news: We can now reveal... Read More
