Assault on the courts
As I’ve said before, the North Carolina Republicans embraced Trumpism before there was Trump. They’ve taken a populist, authoritarian approach to governing, playing to an angry base while limiting... Read More
NC Spin Articles
A fight that's not worth having
If you can’t beat ‘em, sue ‘em. It has been the default setting of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and his liberal allies even before the governor took office 14 months ago. Any time the Republican... Read More
Judge weighing judicial primaries: "I'm not in charge of bad ideas"
As it stands now, anyone otherwise qualified to run for judge in North Carolina can walk into a county elections office this June, change his or her party registration to Republican or Democrat that... Read More
Need to get judicial reform and redistricting right
The Joint Legislative Committee on Judicial Redistricting and Reform met for the second time yesterday. For a large part of the meeting, they heard Administrative Office of the Courts’ reports on... Read More
Our schools' plunge to mediocrity, or worse
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, January 23, 2018. North Carolina continues its descent in the annual national rankings of public education. Education Week’s 22nd annual Quality Counts report... Read More
Democrats have edge, energy in North Carolina for 2018
PPP’s newest North Carolina poll finds that Democrats lead the generic legislative ballot 46-41 for this fall. Among voters who are ‘very excited’ about voting in this year’s election- which... Read More
Board of Governors squares off over new healthcare partnership
A proposed partnership between Charlotte-based Carolinas HealthCare System and UNC Health Care is further dividing an already fractured UNC Board of Governors. When the board meets Friday morning, it... Read More
The only drilling we need is Cooper drilling his anti-drilling message
Editorial by The Charlotte Observer, reprinted in The Burlington Times News, January 26, 2018. If Pat McCrory had started a second term as governor a year ago, we would today be barreling toward... Read More
Our growing war against human trafficking
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, January 21, 2018. At first glance, the statistic is mind-boggling: In the last fiscal year, there were 48 human trafficking cases filed in North Carolina courts... Read More
NC's jobs incentives keep getting bigger
North Carolina came up short again this month in its long-running quest to lure an automaker, but state leaders now have another economic development whale to hunt: Amazon has Raleigh on its list of... Read More
