Up in smoke
The phones began ringing and kept on ringing and each caller said the same thing: ‘I want you to hold more ‘Town Hall’ meetings.’ Sensing a groundswell of support for Town Hall Meetings... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Berger rejects Cooper's efforts to remove dark stain of HB2
Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger and other Republican leaders have spent the last few days desperately distorting the facts and rewriting history to try to blame Governor Roy Cooper for the... Read More
Won't anyone sit down to talk with governor?
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, February 17, 2017. Compromise has been described as the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece. By that definition, we... Read More
Building Communities of good health
We hear a lot about health care being in crisis. It’s increasingly expensive for everyone – consumers, providers, payers and the government alike. Compound this with the fact that we can’t... Read More
Cooper must be free to choose his cabinet
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, February 13, 2017. We appreciate the discernment of the three N.C. Superior Court judges who last week issued a temporary restraining order to allow Gov. Roy Cooper... Read More
(Not) taking sides: Civil discourse with Michelle Rhee and George Parker
Are you frustrated about how polarized our country has become? I certainly hear it on the news and in the voting trends; people are discouraged by the inability of our society, particularly our... Read More
Tax cap curt hurt us in an economic slowdown
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, February 16, 2017. Put this on a ballot and it's a pretty safe bet to pass. Who's going to say no to a constitutional cap on income taxes? But that's exactly what... Read More
Burr's big moment
The Senate Watergate investigation of 1973-1974 made a national hero of a “country lawyer” from North Carolina, Sam Ervin. A current North Carolina senator, Richard Burr, has a chance to step into... Read More
DeVos attackers surrender high ground
The recent appointment of U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos exhibited much that is destructive, even demented, about our current political discourse. While objections to her lack of experience in... Read More
Wimpy politicians create fiscal mess
Other than Dale Folwell, North Carolina’s new state treasurer, no state politician made a big campaign issue last fall of the condition of the health plan for teachers and state employees. Did you... Read More
