On a first name basis
by Thomas Mills, Politics NC, October 22, 2015. I don’t usually make too many political predictions because politics is so unpredictable. That said, I’m going to make some predictions about the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Baggage-toting Spellings the antithesis of able UNC leaders
On the second day of her job as secretary of education in the George W. Bush administration in 2004, Margaret Spellings sent a letter to the CEO of PBS demanding that a children’s show that featured... Read More
Cooper emphasizing family values
When Attorney General Roy Cooper officially announced his bid for governor in 2016 last week, he didn’t steal the show at the event in his honor in Rocky Mount. His three grown daughters did. And if... Read More
First salvo fired in 2016 television ad campaign
Now that the legislature has adjourned the focus turns to the 2016 election campaign and the first campaign ads have already started. Following Treasurer Janet Cowell’s surprising announcement she... Read More
Infrastructure bond makes sense for North Carolina
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, October 21, 2015. One of the bright spots of the recently adjourned legislative session is a $2 billion infrastructure bond referendum that will go before North... Read More
Work with the Governor for the bonds, Democrats
Oh, come on. North Carolina's Republican and Democratic parties will be sniping at each other's candidates for the next year-plus, so today's shot at Gov. Pat McCrory isn't unexpected. But they need... Read More
Poor counties, small businesses largely left out of incentives
New data from the state commerce department shows economic incentive projects designed to lure new jobs continue to land in the state's wealthiest counties, despite criticism that the strategy is... Read More
Millennial voters hard to motivate
The so-called millennial generation helped to elect Barack Obama in 2008. But their turnout faded in 2012 because their expectations for instant gratification were not met, and they hold a jaded view... Read More
Tolling the damage to reproductive freedom from the 2015 General Assembly
We are finally on the other side of the tunnel that was the 2015 legislative session, and it has now become clear that the reproductive freedoms of North Carolinians have, once again, been gravely... Read More
Hillary versus The Donald
This will be The Greatest Show on Earth. Or maybe a sign of the End Times. It will pit the yin and yang of American politics, the alpha and omega, Wonder Woman versus Captain America, Good versus Evil... Read More
