by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, August 31, 2018 The actor Tom Selleck was in a TV crime show series 30 years ago that my wife and I enjoyed. It was called Magnum PI, and the lead... Read More
If you missed it last week and care at all about the subject of ethics in government, please take a few minutes to read Policy Watch reporter Billy Ball’s investigative report on the recent... Read More
My wife is angry at the government. No surprise there, I suppose — we do have a great deal in common. To be more specific, my wife is angry with the city of Charleston, South Carolina. For the... Read More
There's lots going on between the elections and Silent Sam. NC SPIN will talk about the latest this week, starting with whether or not there will be congressional elections this year. We ask whether... Read More
Politicians tell people what they want to hear. Leaders tell people what they need to hear, even if they don’t want to listen. I don’t envy the challenge faced by Gov. Roy Cooper and other... Read More
There is not a faster route to North Carolina’s political graveyard than an appointment to Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Most Commissioners are predisposed to failure because they have no business... Read More
To say that these are extraordinary political times for our state and nation is to put things rather mildly. Across the country, open, high-level conversations about the President of the United States... Read More
My conservative "NC Spin" colleague, columnist John Hood, is thoroughly ticked about Silent Sam, the Confederate statue that demonstrators effectively mugged on August 20th, being brought down by... Read More
Part of the mission for our Public Schools is, "TO GRADUATE GOOD CITIZENS." The 2017-2018 public school year is over in North Carolina. About 9,000 high school students... Read More
As elementary and secondary schools open their doors across North Carolina for the 2018-19 academic year, the cumulative effects of some 20 years of school-choice initiatives are impossible to miss... Read More
