It wouldn't be the first time
Back to back ads for the U S Senate last fall looked and sounded alike. Did anyone notice? Read More
NC Spin Articles
Veto showdowns and voter ID: Democracy will be on the defensive again at the legislature in 2023
Democrats in the minority are left to wonder if their Republican counterparts see them not as duly elected colleagues but as enemies to be muzzled and marginalized. Read More
A "governing super-majority" should not need parliamentary stratagems to win
Good government doesn't need tricks and cloak and dagger rules to prevail. Read More
Loving football
If football is America's pastime, football is America's obsession. Our “contemporary Gladiators” provide great entertainment, as if we are at the Roman Coliseum. Read More
Campuses will try to keep discriminating
Academic leaders should have ended the practice of racial and ethnic discrimination in admissions decades ago but now it is plotting to circumvent the definitive ruling from the nation's highest court. Read More
Job #1 for the 2023 General Assembly: ending easily preventable deaths
Government’s most important task is – or at least ought to be – protecting the lives and health of the state’s residents. Read More
David Price’s valedictory
Former House Speaker Sam Rayburn compared the "plowhorses" to the "show horses" in congress. David Price was definitely a "plowhorse" in the best sense of the word. Read More
New NC Supreme Court's impact will extend beyond what we can see
Opinions emerging from the new court will likely differ in style and substance, especially on high-profile cases that have divided Democratic and Republican justices in recent years. Read More
Thoughts on guns, transportation and extremism
Republicans claim guns make us safer, but they also saw we are in the midst of a terrible crime wave. Either more guns reduce crime and gun deaths or they don’t. Read More
How can we fix the labor market?
Total jobs in North Carolina are actually 6% higher today than immediately before the pandemic, but are 25% less than the state’s economic expansion. There are two job openings for every unemployed person. Read More
