Faulty number skewed health debate
Remember when Democrats and progressive activists warned that ending the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate would “deprive” 13 million Americans of their health coverage? Based on a... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Nothing 'wild eyed' about judge's ruling on legislature's legitimacy
The ruling by Wake County Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins on the invalidity of two recently passed amendments to the North Carolina Constitution has generated a firestorm of criticism and... Read More
Incivility and demagogues at the root of the Nation's #1 problem
1 problem is Government, poor leadership or politicians Americans are divided into angry partisan groups who are so polarized that they do not talk with each other; groups led by ambitious demagogues... Read More
Cooper selling government expansion and spending in State of the State
Former President Bill Clinton used his 1996 State of the Union to hail that “the era of big government is over.” But he also used many of those addresses to offer up a vast wish list of government... Read More
And the Oscar goes to....
If the State of the State was the Oscars, Governor Cooper won Best Performance, Democratic women legislators won Best Costume and Phil Berger was hands-down Best Villain. Once derided as dry and... Read More
A courageous judge taps the breaks on a rogue General Assembly
In case you missed it, there was an enormously important ruling issued last Friday afternoon by a Wake County Superior Court judge that ought to rekindle the public’s belief in (and support for... Read More
Amendment decision endangers Democrats
Arguing that GOP-tilted districts had rendered elected lawmakers “usurpers” who “did not represent the people of North Carolina,” Wake County Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins has struck down... Read More
Could Brooklyn-North Carolina lightning strike again?
Do you remember the important North Carolina connection to “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” one of America’s most loved novels? The book was written in North Carolina. Although its author, Betty... Read More
Are professional sports players overpaid?
By Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, February 27, 2019. It’s March, and for most of my colleagues, neighbors, and friends, this means only one thing – “March Madness” and the NCAA... Read More
Lawmakers should be rule makers, not cartographers
Death and taxes aren’t the only two certainties North Carolinians face. New congressional and legislative districts are coming, too — for 2020 (by court order) and 2022 (after the end-of-decade... Read More
