Economic growth isn’t driven primarily by existing companies getting a little more productive every year. It’s driven by innovators with new, sometimes disruptive, ideas. Let’s invite more of them to do their thing in North Carolina. Read More
Inviting Trump to speak at the NC GOP convention will invite continual questions to Republican elected officials and party insiders about the January 6 insurrection, the former president’s escalating paranoia over nonexistent election fraud … and his eagerness to throw overboard GOP types who are insufficiently loyal. Read More
Alexander Jones writes in Politics NC that UNC's refusal to grant tenure to an acclaimed journalist could have severe repercussions. Read More
Does Trump rule the Republican Party? A new poll sheds light on the question. Read More
Many would just as soon see Trump as a presidential candidate again, but for Republicans it is better having him in the tent than outside it. Read More
A new group, Democrats Serve, is trying to elect more men and women who were veterans. Read More
We have become "America, the manipulated." Balance is the best personal response to this manipulation. Read More
The whole situation surrounding the Elizabeth City killing of Andrew Brown stinks and should not be swept further under the rug. Read More
Both states have built their economies around different business models. This helps us understand their different taxing and spending philosophies. Read More
Is the Democrats' problem math or English? Too many use "faculty lounge English." Read More
