A double standard on press access
A healthy democracy depends on an informed public and that requires more reporting, more scrutiny, and more access to information. Read More
NC Spin Articles
Thoughts on Dallas Woodhouse, the budget, and a new PPP poll
North Carolina Republicans are rather immune to embarrassment on the topic of suppressing Black, young, and Democratic votes. Read More
What's the price we pay if we close our eyes?
Trump said, “The Islamic Republic of Japan” fired missiles at us. Iran fired the missiles. But Trump didn’t realize he’d made a mistake. Didn’t correct it. Read More
When will our business leaders wake up?
Our public and private universities and colleges now enroll about 8,000 teacher candidates compared to 14,000 15 years ago, graduating 2,000 teachers per year. Read More
Freer Carolinas means more Carolinians
Most people believe government exists to deliver core public services at a reasonable cost and should otherwise leave them alone. Read More
Amendments to NC constitution will cost most of us more
For the 2025-2026 budget year, North Carolina’s per pupil spending was $13,680, $5,190 below the national average of $18,870. Read More
What I’ve learned from four years of full-time caregiving
When it comes to caregiving, you have to be able to pick and choose your battles with the person for whom you are caring. Read More
They aren't even pretending anymore
Boliek clearly didn’t care much about the appearance of fairness in the administration of elections. Read More
‘Teen takeovers?’ Call them what they are: Riots
The next time, a senseless and chaotic scene like this could end up as a murder investigation. Read More
Pass the guns, please
Nothing says I love you like an AR-15. You can see billboards advertising them on the sides of roads. Read More
