State Superintendent Mark Johnson smiled Thursday as he showed a picture of himself sitting on an old North Carolina school bus. "For some reason, they let me get behind the driver wheel. Luckily, the... Read More
Democrats who represent Buncombe County in the North Carolina General Assembly say it was difficult to convince the legislature's Republican majority to pass many of their bills. Republican Sen. Chuck... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington StarNews, October 5, 2017 Woohoo! It looks like our long, regional nightmare is over. A mere four months after the StarNews reported that a toxic chemical was in our drinking... Read More
When North Carolina is competing with other states and nations for investment, business startups and expansions, and high-value professionals, we start out with some important advantages. Our tax code... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 29, 2017. We wonder what Jeff Sessions would say if a college football team or band followed the lead of NFL players and took knees during the national... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 27, 2017. Could President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans finally take a step forward for illegal immigrants after Democrats failed? It might be a... Read More
Editorial by The Fayetteville Observer, September 28, 2017. Margaret Spellings is right: Public education is too expensive. Paying for it is a tough burden for all but the wealthiest families. For... Read More
Republicans in Washington are about to undertake tax reform. As we in North Carolina know, that means a massive tax cut for the rich and massive budget cuts for programs that help the rest of us. The... Read More
Last night’s installment of Ken Burns’s “The Vietnam War” recalled how divided our country was 50 years ago. Today we’re just as divided. Thanks to Trump. Apparently, the Divider-in-Chief... Read More
When a politician takes a poll most folks figure he means to figure out how he can bamboozle people and there’s truth in that but a poll’s also a picture of the powers – like fear, revenge... Read More
