What to do about Silent Sam?
The saga of Silent Sam will continue into 2019. Last year ended with a modest truce. A group of faculty and teaching assistants pulled back a threat to withhold student grades if the Confederate... Read More
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NCGOP lawyer says Cooper can't create interim elections board
In a letter sent Sunday to Gov. Roy Cooper’s office, the N.C. Republican Party said it won’t be “bullied” into adding members to an interim state elections board the party considers... Read More
It doesn't add up
Almost every politician in Washington supported the Criminal Justice Reform Bill – so what are the odds all those politicians, this time, got it right? According to the newspaper 53,000 prisoners... Read More
When words have no meaning
I must admit I made a mistake. Before Christmas, I praised NCGOP Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse and party chair Robin Hayes for calling for a new election in the tainted 9thCongressional District... Read More
What happened to Virginia Dare?
What really happened to Virginia Dare, the first child of English parents born in the New World? The same Virginia Dare whom I suggested recently belonged on “The World Almanac’s” list of famous... Read More
The economic outlook for the 1st quarter 2019
by Dr. Michael Walden, NC State University Professor of Economics, December 29, 2019. TEN NORTH CAROLINA ECONOMIC HEADLINES FOR 2018 AND 2019 The broadest measure of economic output in North Carolina... Read More
The giant policy elephant in the room at the start of 2019
Well, another new year is upon us and the public policy landscape is, in many ways, more crowded and contentious than ever. Everywhere one turns, there are large, important and hotly contested issues... Read More
Democratic govs get failing grades
Want yet more one signal that American politics has changed markedly in the past decade? Look no further than the annual report card issued by the Cato Institute to grade the fiscal performance of the... Read More
As of Friday noon we have no State Board of Elections. What now?
How Did We Get To This Point With The NC State Board of Elections? With yesterday's news (I'm afraid to call it a bombshell because North Carolina's political landscape is littered with craters... Read More
Do politicians really want to lead?
As another year draws to a close, a year of Democratic resurgence in both national and local politics, I offer this challenge to incumbent and newly elected lawmakers alike. Do you really want to be... Read More
