Published in Washington Post, March 10thA growing number of states are drawing a hard line in elementary school, requiring children to pass a reading test in third grade or be held back from fourth... Read More
Published in Washington Post, March 9The Obama administration has taken a hard line with governors about an option to expand Medicaid under the new health law, telling them to take it or leave it... Read More
Much like the old hot stove league sat around talking about baseball during the off season so do political junkies talk elections, and talk has already begun about the 2014 and 2016 elections in North... Read More
We applaud House Speaker Thom Tillis and legislators for holding “Education Week” in the House this week. Legislators heard from school superintendents Tuesday, principals on Wednesday and... Read More
RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory and the General Assembly talk about a broken North Carolina. The left talks about expanding government entitlement programs. I suggest we fix what’s broken before we... Read More
I read the John Locke piece by John Hood (http://www.ncspin.com/2013/03/05/updating-nc-job-numbers/?fb_source=pubv1) on jobs and unemployment and had to chuckle at the arm-reach for a positive message... Read More
North Carolina is faced with great challenges and new opportunities that require thoughtful, considerate debate. Now more than ever our lawmakers and government workers need access to reliable... Read More
Has North Carolina’s economy turned the corner? It depends on how you define “turn the corner.” And it depends on what measure you choose. In politics, the measure that typically gets the most... Read More
State legislative leaders like to throw around the word “reform” when describing their plans for North Carolina. They want to reform our schools, reform our tax code, reform our health care system... Read More
Tricky Dick would be proud. No, not about seeing his political dirty tricks turned against a fellow Republican, but he’d at least admire the spirit of America Votes, the group whose leader last week... Read More
