Cooper's fight echoes Terry Sanford's
Everything new is old again. Take the fight Governor Cooper is having with the legislature. It's reminiscent of Terry Sanford's battle with Governor Luther Hodges. Read More
NC Spin Articles
More blatant attempts by the GOP to rig a constitutional mandate
The census question on immigration status wasn't about intimidating immigrants. It was about electing Republicans. Read More
Population trends may surprise you
By 2040 North Carolina will have the 7th largest population in the nation but our growth rate will have declined. Why? Read More
Secretary Cohen calls for investigation into NC Children's hospital
Ellen Gabler's NY Times follow-up article reports that North Carolina's Secretary of Health and Human Services is calling for an investigation into higher than expected death rates at North Carolina's Children Hospital Read More
Alcohol reform might be coming, and it's about time!
It's time to get the government out of the alcohol business and legislative reforms appear to be heading in that direction Read More
Good citizenship requires skepticism
John Adams said, "Facts are stubborn things and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." Do we follow this practice today? Read More
Turmoil at UNC Children's hospital
Ellen Gabler writes in the New York Times about serious problems with pediatric cardiology surgery at the North Carolina Children's Hospital in Chapel Hill Read More
The Civil War continues in Fayetteville, Gettysburg and Chapel Hill
A proposed Civil War history center in Fayetteville is raising the question whether honoring those who died is also celebrating their cause? Read More
Federal funding harms state policy
Multiple levels of government often prove cumbersome and confusing and the consequences of federal funding go far beyond the immediate fiscal effects. Read More
Let's make politics less important
Virtually every decision we make in our ostensibly free society is now subject to review, refinement, and reversal by some government agency. Read More
