The palpable anger of young blacks and millennials directed against violence leading to the death of allegedly unarmed young black males is justified. Anger toward free speech and intolerance for... Read More
The state House gave final approval to an omnibus gun rights billThursday after a short debate. The measure, House Bill 746, would recognize constitutional carry in the state, among other things, and... Read More
News reports that Lowe’s is laying off 125 tech staff, most of them at its Mooresville HQ, raise hard questions across the political spectrum. According to the reports, those jobs will be sent to... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, June 6, 2017. Many rural areas of North Carolina are hurting economically. That was obvious to us over the weekend as we traveled U.S. 74 across a good chunk of the... Read More
by Paul O'Connor, The Insider, published in The Wilson Daily Times, June 7, 2017. On April 19, 1995, the day domestic extremists blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, news reporters... Read More
It’s hard not to play along when children come up with cute untruths. Back when one of my now-grown sons was just an Opie Taylor-like tyke, for example, he used to tell me matter-of-factly that if... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, May 31, 2017. All children deserve the same chance to reach their full potential. Unfortunately, it’s just not the reality. Some children are born with so many... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 1, 2017. House Speaker Tim Moore insists there isn’t all that big a gap between his chamber’s budget plan and the Senate’s. He expects the House version... Read More
Democrats have a bright future here in North Carolina and around the nation, assuming they can get beyond their strategy of inclusiveness that excludes everyone except minorities and liberals; if they... Read More
This week, I gave the polling presentation for Civitas, the conservative advocacy organization. The poll should be a stark warning for Republicans. It’s not time for them to hit the panic button yet... Read More
