What can the new Democratic Party chair do to mobilize the state’s Democratic voters whose candidates’ poor performances in the recent gubernatorial and state legislative races were disheartening? Read More
Despite a 50-year record for a low unemployment rate, declining inflation, and other strong indicators, North Carolinians remain sour on the direction of the country and state. Read More
Trump's not about to lied down across the railroad tracks in front of that freight train. Read More
The Governor's Commission on the Governance of Public Universities in NC is examining how the governance can better reflect the state's ethnic, racial, gender, regional, economic and political diversity. Read More
Revenues are flowing in to the state at a good clip, thanks in part to low tax rates stimulating more economic activity. Read More
The "don't say gay bill, Senate Bill 49, will have the same economic and political impact that HB2, the so-called bathroom bill, had on North Carolina. Read More
It’s not possible to bring federal spending in line with federal revenue without doing something to slow the growth of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other entitlements. Read More
Nearly 70 percent of conservative North Carolinians think eliminating the corporate income tax is ineffective economic policy, only a little lower than the 85 percent of liberals. Read More
The NC Democratic Party needs a rebranding. Its own brand, not like the national Party brand. Read More
The report states that North Carolina is among the most consolidated and least affordable for healthcare, but its hospitals were three times more profitable than the national average in 2019. Read More
