Judge government by value added
Want to know why conservatives are more skeptical than progressives of the idea of government confiscating more of our money to throw at social programs? I’ve already given you the answer in my... Read More
NC Spin Articles
How facts and values divide us
The United States spends more on health care than any other industrialized country but doesn’t get better results, as measured by average life expectancy. Have you heard this claim before? Did you... Read More
Partisan elections shouldn't lead to a partisan judiciary
Politics have no place in our court system in North Carolina or any place else. Fairness deserves better than that, equality deserves better than that, and justice deserves better than that.” Fine... Read More
S.O.S.: Calling for Erskine Bowles
by D. G. Martin, One on One and host of NC Bookwatch on UNC-TV, April 15, 2018. Where is Erskine Bowles when we most need him? Bowles is best known to North Carolinians as president of the UNC System... Read More
Deeper discussion needed on schools
Massachusetts has consistently been at or near the top of the list in reading and math achievement, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). This is a fact. The policy... Read More
Our national debt is what we should be worried about
It seems the national media and general public seem transfixed on the bimbo problem facing the President and his personal attorney. Every day there is a new twist of the President’s relationship... Read More
Youth smoking on the increase
I promised myself that I was not going to let myself get outraged in 2018. Everybody is outraged about something these days, so what’s the point? But a presentation at the recent North Carolina... Read More
Justice Ginsburg in Durham
I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks,” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told me the other day in Durham. The 85-year-old... Read More
Peer pressure produces good policy
Peer pressure has been the reason, or at least the rationalization, for many a youthful indiscretion — not that I would know from personal experience. Actually, the effect doesn’t dissipate when... Read More
Six Statistics North Carolinians should know
Since 2010, when voters put Republicans in charge of most state governments across the United States, North Carolina became one of about a half-dozen states where conservative reformers have... Read More
