Black history often focuses on wrong story
The movie “Hidden Figures,” in telling the story of three black women who were mission-critical to NASA, is one that everyone in the country and beyond should see. Mathematical genius Katherine... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Bill would penalize sanctuary cities, make bond higher for undocumented immigrants
Lawmakers are considering a revised bill that would withhold state funds from local governments deemed to be sanctuary cities. A House Judiciary Committee discussed the bill Tuesday, but took no... Read More
Will lawmakers ever tame the mighty gerrymander dragon?
Editorial by the Fayetteville Observer, reprinted by The Jacksonville Daily News, March 8, 2017. The original gerrymander would look familiar to North Carolina lawmakers, and to many of this state’s... Read More
Why Phil's been grouchy
by Paul O'Connor, Capitol Press Association, published in Asheville Citizen-Times, March 7, 2017. Reporters look for what is new, and that’s what the legislative press corps did that day years back... Read More
College leftists may have overplayed their hand
by Jim Tynen, Civitas Institute, March 8, 2017. On March 2, a violent leftist mob at Middlebury College kept one of the nation’s most distinguished writers and researchers from speaking. Is that a... Read More
Want to really protect women?
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, March 10, 2017. To be fair, HB2, the Tar Heel “bathroom bill,” is not without its admirers. Down in Austin, a number of Texas legislators are trying to pass... Read More
Shelter shows power of community
They come in fear. They leave with hope. That’s one way to describe the many hundreds of people who make their way every year to Wilson’s Wesley Shelter, a nonprofit founded in 1983 to combat... Read More
State board votes to close Durham charter school after diploma problems
The State Board of Education voted Thursday to close Durham's Kestrel Heights charter high school after problems over an eight-year period in which students were given diplomas despite not completing... Read More
Politics? There's no politics in baseball
David Harsanyi of the Federalist offers one surefire way to ruin baseball: Inject politics into the game. Jayson Stark, a longtime baseball writer at ESPN.com, recently asked if Major League... Read More
A pair of bills would chip away more of the Governor's authority
Here we go again. More proposed fiddling with the courts by our legislature. Two bills filed today would transfer from the governor to the legislature the power to appoint District Court judges and... Read More
