We hold it to be self-evident that all persons are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, the enjoyment of the... Read More
One of the top priorities of the folks on the Right this legislative session is to unleash the power of the free market to solve all of our health care problems. That’s the way they tell it anyway... Read More
Editorial by The Daily Reflector, June 16, 2016. The N.C. General Assembly recently pulled three of the state’s historically black universities from its bill to lower tuition to $500 per semester at... Read More
An effort to cap the state income tax rate was removed quietly from the Senate’s calendar on Wednesday, one day after that body’s Finance Committee gave the proposed change to the N.C... Read More
With any general election, there are two aspects that most political analysts will start to evaluate: the composition of the possible electorate (‘who shows up’) and the behavior of that possible... Read More
When the state sold the Dorothea Dix property to the city of Raleigh for $52 million last year, part of the deal was that proceeds from the sale would be used for mental health services. There is... Read More
There’s simply no way to make sense of the tragedy in Orlando that left 50 people dead and 53 others wounded. It just doesn’t seem possible somehow that one human being can commit such an... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, June 14, 2016. It’s ironic -- yet appropriately symbolic -- that on Tuesday, Flag Day, the star-spangled banner flew at half staff here and across the nation. The... Read More
The Ocracoke community is buzzing over the firings Friday of 11 N.C. Ferry Division workers at the Silver Lake Ferry terminal operations. Word was out over the weekend after seven career employees and... Read More
The federal government has just released another set of economic statistics — and they again show North Carolina has one of the fastest-growing economies in the United States. According to the... Read More
