Because Republican voters are more efficiently spread out across the state compared to Democrats, who concentrate in highly urban areas, Republicans don’t need the generic ballot to be even for a status-quo election. Read More
My turn to speculative fiction was no midlife crisis or childish whim. Do any truths lurk beneath these legends? You’ll get no answer here. Read More
The total expenditures for healthcare in North Carolina would be strongly decreased if access to primary care were provided to all citizens. Read More
In many families, too much instruction has been outsourced to the state without much thought. Read More
Federal, state and local politicians are promising to do "something" about inflation in general and gas prices in particular. Read More
If we’re going to fix our political system, somebody must figure out how to find the middle again. Read More
The latest poll reveals a plurality of white women over 50, who earn $65,000 or more and consider themselves conservatives. Read More
"Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society," Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said. There are many who don't subscribe to that sentiment. Read More
Amazon's top selling novel of 2019 is a book about crawdads and is supposedly set in North Carolina. It would have been better if it was filmed here. Read More
In North Carolina, the number of registered voters opting out of a party label has more than doubled since 2008. Unaffiliateds will almost certainly be the largest bloc of voters in the spring primaries. Read More
