Deception and bad faith at UNC
The Board of Governors is not just pushing the Right’s agenda, it’s intentionally withholding information from the public [Note: This story has been updated — see below.] That there is a war... Read More
NC Spin Articles
NC Retiree unfunded liabilities now top $40 billion
by Brian Balfour, Civitas Institute, October 31, 2017. As reported by the N&O today, the State Treasurer’s office this week released updated figures for the state retiree pension fund and health... Read More
Exploiting the racial and cultural divide
If you want to get an idea of what the 2018 election cycle will look like, check out the races in Virginia. It’s not pretty. Both sides are using ugly racial and cultural stereotypes to gin up their... Read More
Bathroom brawl is back again
Just when you thought North Carolina had moved on from debating bathrooms, House Bill 2 is back in the headlines thanks to a surprise move by Gov. Roy Cooper. Cooper wants to resolve a lawsuit brought... Read More
Should all university property be tax exempt
Connecticut legislators made headlines last year when they introduced a bill to tax revenue-generating college and university property. The bill was crafted to help New Haven, where Yale University is... Read More
Any home for the political middle?
The bottom has fallen out of the Republican Party.” So wrote Fort Worth’s Star-Telegram columnist Cynthia Allen last week. “Well,” she continued, “not the bottom exactly. More like the... Read More
Stand up to hate
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 3, 2017. The recent ugly act of hanging a paper noose in a school restroom was compounded by being recorded on a video that circulated on social media... Read More
Cooper picks unwise political fights
During the 2016 gubernatorial campaign, Democratic politicians, progressive activists, and left-leaning media outlets excoriated Pat McCrory and other North Carolina Republicans for elevating divisive... Read More
Rejecting the values that made this country great
The major American political parties are in crisis. The proportion of American voters who register as independents has reached 40 percent, rising about 10 percentage points since 2000. A few... Read More
Richest areas claim most jobs incentives cash
A few months after taking office, Gov. Roy Cooper took the stage in a Research Triangle Park office building to announce a 1,200-job deal with Credit Suisse in exchange for $40 million in incentives... Read More
