The past few weeks have torn at the heart out of most Americans. Citizens have been killed in incidents with the police; videos in some instances inflaming the situation yet not clearly enlightening... Read More
Do you want to know why the Left has tried to make North Carolina politics into an “all HB2, all the time” zone? Here are some reasons: ? Since mid-2013, when Gov. Pat McCrory’s first budgets... Read More
This N&O article takes a closer look at the financial challenges presented by the swelling ranks of senior citizens and the rising costs of long-term care. This issue is a key issue that states need... Read More
In April NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league would move its 2017 all-star game out of Charlotte if state officials did not make major changes to HB2, the sweeping anti-LGBT legislation passed... Read More
Frustrated, defeated and over it. Those words sum up the feelings of N.C. Rep. Nathan Baskerville, a Henderson Democrat, as he finishes his second, two-year term in the N.C. House. He is not running... Read More
North Carolina Republicans this year will get to experience what we Democrats went through in so many presidential elections: how to avoid going down with the Titanic. Because the S.S. Trump is going... Read More
The N.C. General Assembly’s 2016-17 short session is over, the legislature has adjourned, and everyone is back in his or her district — either planning retirement or campaigning. A total of... Read More
North Carolinians of my generation have been blessed with two important Robert Morgans. One is the mountain-born-and-raised and acclaimed writer who is featured this week on North Carolina Bookwatch... Read More
by Matt Caulder, Capitol Connection, July 21, 2016. Following the news that State Treasurer Janet Cowell has joined the boards of two companies based in the Triangle, while she is still in office, the... Read More
Too often men in powerful positions abuse women. The pathetic advances plied upon women in subordinate positions is as bad as the misosgynist lyrics to violent songs which demean women yet command our... Read More
