Court decision should produce budget deal
The court ruling renders Medicaid expansion a dead issue. It's time our leaders move ahead and get a budget deal passed. Read More
NC Spin Articles
Rhyming with 1972
History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme. Read More
David Zucchino exposes Wilmington's lie
Racial politics isn't dead. It seems current legislators want to reprise a tactic used in 1898 to suppress the Black vote. Read More
In judicial overreach, appeals court judges block voter ID
In the end this injunction is not about the actual effect that the law will have, but on three judge’s personal opinions of members of the legislature. Read More
Comments on the Democratic Primary
All the candidates running for president have flaws. It would be nice if we could put all the good qualities together in one candidate, but we can't. So we need to think twice between tearing each other to pieces. Read More
Fracking has reduced carbon emissions
Policymakers should take seriously the risks of climate change, but changes that inflict more pain than gain are unwise. Read More
Mixing books and politics
Traditional wisdom is that books and politics don't mix, but there are notable exceptions. Read More
A reader responds to the My Spin column on who is today's moral voice
Maggie Gore from Clarendon urged us to publish this letter rebutting our recent column Read More
Rosy scenarios aren't conservative
The president's latest budget makes assumptions that are far from conservative. Read More
Budget stalemate may put NC's Department of Health and Human Services in the red
Jullie Havlak writes in Carolina Journal that DHHS has been in chaos since the budget stalemate forced them to work with appropriations made in 2018 and the longer it continues the worse finances get. Read More
