Been thinking about credit cards
What once was a cost of doing business may now be passed on to you as an added fee. Read More
NC Spin Articles
BOTTOM LINE WITH BRAD: Having difficult conversations
Remember that success, or lack of success in an endeavor, is not a referendum on someone’s worth. Read More
The relentless assault on democracy
Ever since they took control of the legislature, Republicans have been stacking the deck in elections. Read More
Just because it’s a bill, doesn’t mean it’s being considered
When a bill gets sent to the Rules Committee you know it is going to die. Read More
Letter to the man in the truck
Speak into the lies and ugliness. It gets easier the more we do it Read More
Cost curve bends, but not enough
Medical spending in the US as a share of gross domestic product was 15% lower than projected 14 years earlier, and indeed was only “marginally higher” than in 2010. Read More
An open letter to journalist Scott Pelley
Pelley said, “There is no democracy without journalism!” Read More
North Carolina's ongoing public education crisis
North Carolina is among the bottom of states in public k-12 spending as a share of state taxpayer income. Read More
Boosting civic knowledge among young adults is no simple task
The continuing success of the American “experiment in self-government” depends on current and future generations keeping open minds. Read More
The South, racism and America's unpaid moral debts
Put away your Confederate flag, stop venerating the cheap mass-produced monuments to white-supremacists and finally repudiate the murderous ideology that has defined and poisoned Southern society sine 1619. Read More
