Is health care a "right?"
If an opinion poll asks Americans if health care is a right, a good chunk of people will say it is. And government defends our rights, correct? A lot of people will nod and agree that government has... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Status of ethics, elections panels thrown in doubt after court ruling
Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger made a rare visit to the media workspace at the legislature Thursday to highlight a ruling in the legal battle between legislative leaders and Gov. Roy Cooper... Read More
Classes cancelled at Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools due to 'women's strike'
Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools have announced that classes will be canceled for students on March 8 because of an expected high rate of teacher absences due to a planned national demonstration. The... Read More
Faculty lacks perspective on politics
See if you can follow this logic. The Faculty Assembly of the University of North Carolina has just asked a regional accreditation board to investigate recent policy disputes involving the UNC system... Read More
Pick your fights, governor
Gov. Roy Cooper soon must deal with the first piece of legislation passed by the 2017 General Assembly. The way he handles House Bill 39 could signal how combative the governor will be the rest of... Read More
A partisan mistake
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, February 23, 2017. Joe John was a prosecutor in Guilford County, then a District Court judge, then chief District Court judge, then a Superior Court judge. He and... Read More
Bipartisanship is the best thing the HB2 repeal bill has going for it
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, February 23, 2017. It's heartening to see a bipartisan group of state representatives sponsor a bill to repeal the state's "bathroom bill," HB2. Unfortunately... Read More
America's predictable and far-reaching pension crisis
Some American disasters come as bolts from the blue -- the stock market crash of October 1929, Pearl Harbor, the designated hitter, 9/11. Others are predictable because they arise from arithmetic that... Read More
The role of the press is not to be popular but to do its job
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, February 20, 2017. How should the press respond to President Donald Trump’s claim that “the fake news media” are “the enemy of the American people”? By doing... Read More
The Humpty Dumpty state
There’s a new bill in the legislature to repeal House Bill 2, or repeal parts of it. Once again, the only people happy with it are the sponsors. Liberals say it leaves in place discrimination... Read More
