Means justify results in politics
North Carolina politics can be exhausting. The past few weeks have brought us wrangling over redistricting and constitutional amendments, conflicts between Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican lawmakers... Read More
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The gathering storm
Carter once said a wave election is like a hurricane. You know it’s coming. But you don’t know if it’ll be a Category 1 or a 5. And you don’t know if it’ll hit Wilmington or Nags Head – or... Read More
Facing Florence
This past week most of us have had our regular routines upended by the threat of a major hurricane coming ashore in North Carolina. Long gas lines, busier than normal traffic, empty shelves at grocery... Read More
The dirty half dozen: What you need to know about 6 constitutional amendments
The 2018 midterm elections are upon us and North Carolina voters will soon pass judgment on, among many other things, an unprecedented raft of six constitutional amendments. The proposals include: a... Read More
State prepares for Florence with unprecedented evacuation order
With Hurricane Florence fast approaching — and parts of the state still recovering from Hurricane Matthew — the governor, for the first time, issued an evacuation order. Local evacuation orders as... Read More
Isn't it about time to ignore political correctness?
Old McDonald had a farm, With a B-Word here and an F-Word there, and a J-word, M-Word, N-Word, Q-word, S-word Old McDonald…….. Welcome to Political Correctness (PC) in America where the only... Read More
What's the new outlook for jobs?
A few years ago, a couple of economists made a big splash by predicting almost half of occupations in the country had a big chance of being replaced by automation and technology in coming decades... Read More
Are taxes fair in North Carolina?
Wealthy North Carolinians pay a higher share of their incomes in taxes than do middle-income North Carolinians, who in turn have a higher effective tax rate than the poor. This is a factual statement... Read More
School performance grades down - listen to our teachers !
We know that teachers mattermore to student achievement than any other school-related factor, including services, facilities and leadership. Yet for years we’ve forced teachers to work in a broken... Read More
Principals getting deserved raises
The North Carolina General Assembly has correctly focused on raising salaries for teachers during the past six years while compensation for principals and assistant principals left our state at or... Read More
