Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, June 6, 2017. Many rural areas of North Carolina are hurting economically. That was obvious to us over the weekend as we traveled U.S. 74 across a good chunk of the... Read More
by Paul O'Connor, The Insider, published in The Wilson Daily Times, June 7, 2017. On April 19, 1995, the day domestic extremists blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, news reporters... Read More
It’s hard not to play along when children come up with cute untruths. Back when one of my now-grown sons was just an Opie Taylor-like tyke, for example, he used to tell me matter-of-factly that if... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, May 31, 2017. All children deserve the same chance to reach their full potential. Unfortunately, it’s just not the reality. Some children are born with so many... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 1, 2017. House Speaker Tim Moore insists there isn’t all that big a gap between his chamber’s budget plan and the Senate’s. He expects the House version... Read More
Democrats have a bright future here in North Carolina and around the nation, assuming they can get beyond their strategy of inclusiveness that excludes everyone except minorities and liberals; if they... Read More
This week, I gave the polling presentation for Civitas, the conservative advocacy organization. The poll should be a stark warning for Republicans. It’s not time for them to hit the panic button yet... Read More
Democrats don’t have a more determined foe than the Civitas Institute, so when Civitas’ May poll reported good news for Roy Cooper it was a bad sign. According to Civitas’ poll 61% of the voters... Read More
Editor’s note: This morning, in the case of Dickson v. Rucho, the United States Supreme Court ordered the North Carolina Supreme Court to once again review a challenge to the state’s legislative... Read More
When Charles Kurzman received a letter last month announcing an audit of the State Employee Health plan, it didn’t much worry him. A similar audit had been done back in 2010 and Kurzman, a professor... Read More
