Don’t bring back the pork barrel
It would be unwise for the General Assembly to fund named state employees in a budget bill and ought not appropriate tax dollars directly to specified local or private recipients. Read More
NC Spin Articles
How will Social Security be fixed?
We are experiencing the same situation today as Social Security faced in the 1980s. Read More
They chucked him
The Edwards scandal is more bad news for the GOP in a year that’s already not working out for them. Read More
How to not win wars
Setting public deadlines, exit strategies, and casualty limits is a time-honored way to lose wars. Read More
Letters. We've got letters
Most of us learned to write letters in fifth or sixth grade. We wrote personal letters, business letters, resumes. Read More
Local newspapers play essential roles
Newspaper closures result in negative community impacts. Read More
The nasty truth
Donald Trump doesn’t take disease epidemics seriously, and because of that, innocent people suffer, and even die needlessly. Read More
NC’s economic success depends on better workforce alignment
The problem confronting many North Carolina employers is that too many young people graduate from institutions of higher education with credentials that don’t match those needed by those hiring new employees. Read More
Democrats are at It again
We may not see a JFK, Clinton or Obama out there today, but few people saw them coming. Read More
NC has a chance to rethink teacher pay
Teachers need to know what they can do to earn more and whether the standards will remain consistent from year to year. Read More
