Rule for Democracy
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 9, 2016. The U.S. Supreme Court demonstrated this week that its job is to determine what’s legal, not necessarily what’s right. If it could apply a... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Insurers willing to ditch individual mandate
Ali Meyer of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a surprising piece of news from the health insurance industry. Health insurers approve of repealing Obamacare’s individual mandate, the part of... Read More
NC could get $300 million more in federal hurricane relief
Staff Photo by Andrew Craft by Steve DeVane, Fayetteville Observer, December 7, 2016. North Carolina could get an additional $300 million in federal aid to help the state recover from Hurricane... Read More
More political appointees could mean more turnover in state government
Now that the governor's race has been decided, hundreds of Gov. Pat McCrory's political appointees are busy updating their resumes and references because their jobs aren't guaranteed once Gov.-elect... Read More
McCrory the mayor who never figured out how to be governor
Governor Pat McCrory finally conceded the 2016 election to Attorney General Roy Cooper on Monday, December 5 but he actually lost the race on March 23 when he signed the sweeping anti-LGBT law HB... Read More
Cooper faces a pivotal choice
In what direction will North Carolina go under a Democratic governor-elect, Roy Cooper, and a Republican General Assembly? There are three possibilities. The least likely scenario — but the one that... Read More
Legislators, keep hands off governor's race
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, November 26, 2016. Prior to 1836, the state legislature chose North Carolina’s governor. In 2016, it could do so again. A little-known provision of the state... Read More
Why are NC citizens voting for state judges?
Although many of us have participated in polls recently, may I ask one more question: if you voted in one of the six races for seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, how did... Read More
The troubling machinations of preserving political power in Raleigh
That sound you hear from Raleigh these days is coming from leading North Carolina Republicans, astonished that their iron grip on state government is in jeopardy, thrashing around desperately as they... Read More
Time to congratulate Governor-elect Cooper
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, December 1, 2016. Gov. Pat McCrory seems to have questioned practically every aspect of North Carolina elections, and hard-working elections officials across the... Read More
