Hometown debates will inform voters
North Carolina is urbanizing — that much is certain. You can chart it in the economic data about population, income, and job creation. You can see it in the cranes that rise into the skylines of our... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Down the wrong road
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, July 27, 2016. There’s a lesson in highway maintenance for North Carolinians nearby. If you’ve driven in South Carolina in the past few years, you’ve seen it... Read More
A public debate
Political campaigns are odd creatures: There’re born, grow like crazy, live in chaos, then die on a set date. Back in the late 1970’s, Republicans leaped a generation ahead of Democrats in the... Read More
Two Americas
The Democratic and Republican conventions offered two starkly different visions of America. Here’s how this old Democrat sees them. Hillary Clinton’s is bright and optimistic. Donald Trump’s... Read More
More taxpayer funding for schools that openly discriminate against LGBT
Bible Baptist Christian School in Matthews is one of 336 religious schools and private academies that receive taxpayer funding under the voucher program created by the General Assembly in 2013 and... Read More
NC Court of Appeals ballot not very appealing
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, July 27, 2016. Sometimes the worst corruption doesn’t happen when laws are broken, but when they are made. Case in point: Court of Appeals races are supposed... Read More
New York's pitch
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 29, 2016. We don’t like New York running TV ads in North Carolina trying to lure businesses. And we doubt its recruitment pitch will be very successful. Yet... Read More
Full 4th Circuit declines Wake County district appeal
The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to rehear the challenge to the Wake County commission and school board redistricting case. The defendant in the case, the Wake County Board of... Read More
Legislature will remain a prize
As Democrats and Republicans actively contest North Carolina’s governorship, U.S. Senate seat, and 15 electoral votes for president this fall, don’t expect them to ignore other races on the ballot... Read More
What is the real danger on the streets?
The past few weeks have torn at the heart out of most Americans. Citizens have been killed in incidents with the police; videos in some instances inflaming the situation yet not clearly enlightening... Read More
