Aging powers
A couple of years before the Berlin Wall fell a writer, gazing into his crystal ball, predicted communism was done for because ‘even the people who believed in it didn’t believe in it anymore... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Pondering a pandering special session
The demagogues in Raleigh are now seriously considering a special session of the General Assembly to overturn the nondiscrimination ordinance passed by the Charlotte City Council that provides basic... Read More
Are the parties over?
This year seems to herald the beginning of the end of the two party system. It’s probably actually been happening for awhile and it will probably take a lot longer to complete the transition... Read More
New districts are improved - but could be better
N.C. Rep. Paul “Skip” Stam, a Wake County Republican, made the point during debate over the newly drawn congressional districts that they are “prettier” than the ones previously adopted by the... Read More
Foolish culture wars
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, February 27, 2016. Which bathrooms do transgendered people use in the Legislative Building in Raleigh? Lawmakers in an uproar over Charlotte’s new anti... Read More
Rubio, Cruz gang up on Trump in debate ploy
U.S. Republican rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz ganged up on front-runner Donald Trump at a raucous debate on Thursday in a last-ditch bid to keep the billionaire from winning victories next week that... Read More
The disturbing demagoguery on LGBT rights
This is what politics in North Carolina has come to 16 years into the 21st century. The state’s largest city follows the lead of hundreds of other local governments across the country and adopts a... Read More
Democrat Senate rivals differ on immigration, little else
The four North Carolina Democrats running for U.S. Senate differed on immigration policy but generally agreed on other issues and largely avoided pointing at each other in their only scheduled... Read More
Hillary IS the firewall
The Washington Post says today, “Donald Trump is well on his way to the 1,237 delegates he needs to be the GOP nominee.” The Super PACs are afraid to take him on. Most of his opponents have fled... Read More
An afterthought?
An afterthought. That’s what the presidential primaries in North Carolina look like right now. Sure, things could change. Perhaps Marco Rubio gets some momentum going into Super Tuesday and wins a... Read More
