The smell test
It’s an odd sort of logic: UNC-Chapel Hill lawyered up and made its case to the NCAA: It admitted it held phony classes that never met; it admitted football and basketball players were in the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
McCrory goes full Trump
Pat McCrory is acting more and more like Donald Trump. Like Trump, he’s thin-skinned and sensitive. Like Trump, he personally and viciously attacks anybody who disagrees with him. And like Trump, he... Read More
For Ross, stars are starting to align
by Thomas Mills, Politics NC, August 3, 2016. The US Senate race in North Carolina is getting more attention and Republicans are getting more nervous. Yesterday, Real Clear Politics moved the race... Read More
What would Dean Smith do on UNC scandal?
The recent UNC response to the NCAA allegations concerning its academic scandal is most troubling. The University continues to shirk responsibility for a “loss of institutional control” despite... Read More
Appeals court rejects request to postpone voter ID decision
An appeals court has quickly decided it won't delay enforcement of its ruling striking down North Carolina's photo identification requirement and other election restrictions, including reducing early... Read More
Voter ID ruling opens floodgates to voting changes
After a panel of three federal judges struck down the state’s 2013 voter ID law on Friday, observers say the floodgates have been opened for local boards of elections to adjust their own one-stop... Read More
Now do you understand why the courts are so important?
Fourth Circuit decision on voting rights should convince progressives, once and for all, of the need to fight for good judges In some ways, it’s not surprising that American progressives – even... Read More
The widening scandal about coal ash and drinking water
The headlines in Raleigh these days have been dominated by the landmark ruling by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals overturning much of the North Carolina’s massive voter suppression law with the... Read More
North Carolina won't improve image by pointing fingers
You started it.” “No, you started it.” “No, you did.” Sound like a fourth-grade playground quarrel? Certainly. Unfortunately, it also sounds like our state’s elected leaders over House... Read More
On HB2, compromise is unlikely
by Peter St. Onge, The Charlotte Observer, July 31, 2016. Pat McCrory says he thought he had a “total verbal agreement” with the NBA last month for a compromise on HB2. A source involved in the... Read More
