Hillary's scars and secrets
You watch the Commander-in-Chief’s forum, and you see clearly that Donald Trump is dangerously unfit for office. But the race is too close for comfort. Why? First, Hillary Clinton is a woman. It’s... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Is McCrory or chamber telling the truth about HB2
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, September 9, 2016. Did the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce write part of HB2? Either it did and officials there are lying, or it didn’t and Gov. Pat McCrory is... Read More
Loony legal fights are choking state, taxpayers
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, September 7, 2016. The U.S. Supreme Court decision on the state legislature’s new election law underscores the folly of wrongheaded laws that the legislature... Read More
Economist: HB2 having 'minor effect' on state's economy
by WCNC, September 8, 2016. After making his quarterly forecast for the North Carolina economy, Dr. John Connaughton from UNC Charlotte said he believes HB2 has had a limited impact on the state’s... Read More
McCrory: Chamber helped write HB2
Gov. Pat McCrory said Wednesday that a group of top business leaders helped to draft House Bill 2, something the North Carolina Chamber has denied for months. The statement appears to put the... Read More
Election officials tiptoe around court ruling
Members of the State Board of Elections seemed to switch between serving as referees, advisors, confidants and, in a few cases, exasperated parents of unruly local election officials as they slogged... Read More
Don't deter workers from moving
Here’s one of those statements that seems like it can’t be true and yet is firmly supported by the evidence: Americans don’t move around as much as they used to. This is not about people... Read More
Have we won the war on poverty?
by Mike Walden, Professor of Economics, NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, September 2, 2016. It’s amazing how time can change perceptions. Frequently we see this with past... Read More
NC's 2 million unaffiliated voters will decide all 18 statewide contests
On August 18, 2016, I was honored to serve as guest commentator for the Civitas luncheon featuring their annual North Carolina Unaffiliated Voters Poll. The Civitas Unaffiliated Voters Poll is... Read More
Cold Turkey
Regardless of whether they were Democrats, Republicans, or some other party, conservatives in this country have been consistently wrong on matters of race for the entire history of our nation. They... Read More
