State should not control alcohol
I am a teetotaler who believes that my fellow North Carolinians should be free to buy and consume the alcoholic beverages of their choice from the vendors of their choice. They don’t currently... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Lawmakers disqualify Cooper's session call
by Laura Leslie, WRAL, June 8, 2017. State lawmakers are disregarding Gov. Roy Cooper's call Wednesday for an extra session to redraw the legislative districts struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court... Read More
Suit seeks to put independents on elections board
A longtime elections attorney in North Carolina has challenged the law barring unaffiliated voters from serving on the state's new combined elections and government ethics board. Michael Crowell of... Read More
Our state of conflict
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 6, 2017. Gov. Roy Cooper lost a round in court last week and didn’t like it. “It looks like the threats from the legislature had an effect on these judges... Read More
Time to give gerrymandering a good funeral
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 6, 2017. Maybe it’s time to stop blaming liberal judges for legislating from the bench. Maybe it’s time for this state’s lawmakers to stop all the blame... Read More
Corruption in NC prisons
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, published in Greenville Daily Reflector, June 7, 2017. When North Carolina prison officers weren’t gratuitously beating inmates or putting hot sauce on their... Read More
Breaking down 2018 election numbers
The primaries and general election of 2018 will be unique. They will effectively be legislators’ elections. The North Carolina ballot will look like this:* U.S. House of Representatives State... Read More
It's not an earthquake
It’s easy to agree with Donald Trump on trade and spending cuts but then his lips move and the same man who said, I get bigger crowds than Beyoncй, and, Trump University gets an ‘A’ rating from... Read More
Trump's (non)voters and Democrats' (non)message
Two good political reads bust up two big political “truths”: (1) white working class voters elected Trump, and (2) Trump’s negatives will be enough to elect Democrats. Trump’s non(voters... Read More
HB589 is more solar cronyism, not an energy bill
ALERT: This bill was rolled out in committee on Tuesday morning, passed in less than 45 minutes, passed another committee and is due on the House floor Wednesday. As the saying goes, “The skids have... Read More
