Books that "Bookwatch" might have featured
Host laments the end of the long-running program but continues to feature North Carolina authors. Read More
NC Spin Articles
3 weeks out from NC primaries, Dems are in trouble
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
Carolina mysteries fire the imagination
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
Expanding Medicaid makes economic sense
The total expenditures for healthcare in North Carolina would be strongly decreased if access to primary care were provided to all citizens. Read More
Parents’ bill of rights is a must in today’s hyper-politicized culture
In many families, too much instruction has been outsourced to the state without much thought. Read More
Inflation hands activists a reality check
Federal, state and local politicians are promising to do "something" about inflation in general and gas prices in particular. Read More
The corrupt and the incompetent
If we’re going to fix our political system, somebody must figure out how to find the middle again. Read More
Two-thirds of N.C. voters believe the economy is getting worse
The latest poll reveals a plurality of white women over 50, who earn $65,000 or more and consider themselves conservatives. Read More
Five simple Tax Day truths the political right would rather you not consider
"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
Crawdads again
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
