History has a promising future
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, December 1, 2015. For a community of historic buildings putting the past on display, the Eastern Carolina Village and Farm Museum has a promising future... Read More
NC Spin Articles
NCAE membership numbers; the wait continues
Regular readers of this web site know that over the years we’ve chronicled the decline in NEA/NCAE membership. Our interest in these numbers stems from the radical views of both organizations as... Read More
A bittersweet legacy for the common core
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, November 27, 2015. Two decades from now, or whenever people start to wonder again why we don’t know if a North Carolina education is as good as a Maryland education... Read More
Legislative retirements headline first day of candidate filing
Nearly 20 members of the General Assembly, including several powerful veteran lawmakers, will not be running for re-election in 2016, and that number could swell as the candidate filing period that... Read More
Urban voters still outnumbered
Commentators and academic analysts trying to make sense of North Carolina’s fascinating and ever-changing politics have been arguing lately that the state is becoming increasingly urbanized — and... Read More
The wrecking crew
In October 2011, just a few months after the end of the first General Assembly session controlled by Republicans in more than a hundred years, House Speaker Thom Tillis told a small group of GOP... Read More
Trump disease
Donald Trump is like a fever in the Republican body politic: a sign of sickness. A lot of Republicans are hoping and praying the fever breaks before the sickness infects the entire body. Trump has... Read More
Keep watch on the filing period
We’ll know much about the 2016 elections after the first three weeks of December. Why? That’s the period for candidates across the state — including for governor and all 170 General Assembly... Read More
Let's get the facts
Playing the blame game following the Planned Parenthood shootings in Colorado Springs, at this point, is premature and unfair. Not a lot is known about the suspect, who once lived in the North... Read More
NC should end protectionist policies that limit online courses
North Carolina residents have a wide array of choices in seeking a college education. There are more than 50 universities in the state, along with 58 community colleges. Many of these institutions... Read More
