Let's learn how to disagree
When it comes to politics, North Carolina is a closely divided state in many ways. Look at party, for instance. According to an early-March poll for WRAL-TV, 32 percent of registered voters in our... Read More
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General Assembly to hold special session to deal with bathroom issue
The North Carolina General Assembly will return to Raleigh for a special session Wednesday aimed at addressing Charlotte’s recent city-wide bathroom ordinance. House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings... Read More
Trumpenstein
Good ol’ Harry Reid gave the Republican Party hell last week for creating its Trump Frankenstein monster. Reid just didn’t go far enough. In a Washington speech, “Give ‘em hell” Harry said... Read More
Trump campaign all about the Donald
Much ink has been spilled on the Donald Trump phenomenon. Practitioners and the public seem obsessed with the guy, and pundits are analyzing every dimension of his presidential campaign. He is, after... Read More
What's the problem if the Republican Party crashes?
Tyler Cowen, today’s John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society speaker, offers thoughts in his “Marginal Revolution” blog about Donald Trump and the future of the Republican Party. As the... Read More
House considers coming back to Raleigh for bathroom ordinance
Leaders of the state House expect to return to Raleigh this week to respond to Charlotte's transgender nondiscrimination ordinance. Last month, the Charlotte City Council approved a measure that would... Read More
NC GOP votes "no confidence" in Chairman, begins removal process
On Sunday N.C. GOP leadership signed a Resolution of No Confidence against elected Chairman Hasan Harnett and is circulating a petition for his removal from the helm of the North Carolina Republican... Read More
Reduce costs, not just prices
Do you wonder why political adversaries seem so often to talk past each other rather than produce useful debate on important issues? One reason is that, in many cases, they really aren’t talking... Read More
NC higher education must up its game to help career shifters
Isaac Hopkins probably doesn’t fit your image of a typical college student. He’s 31, for starters, and he is studying for his second career, not his first. A former youth minister, Isaac says he... Read More
