The Conservative Heart
In his book The Conservative Heart, Arthur Brooks writes that for too long conservatives have argued moral issues in monetary terms. In their quest to preserve the American dream of the possibility... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Don't limit democracy by limiting legislative sessions
It is not a surprise that proposals to limit the length of legislative sessions are making the rounds in Raleigh these days. A lot of people are still reeling from the contentious and grueling eight... Read More
Partisan labels don't make sense for some elected posts
I thought about filing to run for a seat on the school board. Can’t do it, Guilford County Board of Elections Director Charlie Collicutt told me Monday. “You will not be able to file as a partisan... Read More
Health plans post big losses
When the Affordable Care Act passed Congress in 2010, analysts from the Congressional Budget Office, the federal agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid, and private-sector allies released estimates... Read More
Republicans do believe in government spending
Sometimes politicians just have to rise above principle. Like Republican legislative leaders who have come to love spending taxpayers’ money – for goodies that help them politically. The... Read More
Making the best of the new UNC president
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, October 26, 2015. Note to the board of the University of North Carolina system: If you’re going to throw a controversial new president at your entity and the rest... Read More
Fennebresque quits UNC Board of Governors
Under fire for how the search for a new University of North Carolina system president was selected, UNC Board of Governors Chairman John Fennebresque resigned his seat on the board Monday. The... Read More
Net effect
Eric Evenson is very, very worried about fish. Evenson, 55, a lifelong North Carolinian, says he’s been fishing since he was a 5-year-old tossing a line into the surf at his grandfather’s cottage... Read More
Legislative candidates few
With all of the defections from the General Assembly as of late, you’d think dozens – if not hundreds – of qualified candidates from across the state would be lining up to run for those offices... Read More
Who said that?
The candidate “has the knack of doing things and doing them noisily, clamorously; while he is in the neighborhood the public can no more look the other way than the small boy can turn his head away... Read More
