A stampede of fear
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 19, 2015. Gov. Pat McCrory is wrong to join the stampede of fear about Syrian refugees. There are legitimate security concerns following last week’s... Read More
NC Spin Articles
UNC BOG chair says group working to be more open
The acting chairman of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors defended the decision to award raises to 12 system chancellors behind closed doors but told the legislature's Joint... Read More
Perry, Roberts 'received no direction' on prison contract
At a legislative hearing Wednesday, Public Safety Secretary Frank Perry and budget chief Lee Roberts repeatedly said Gov. Pat McCrory had done nothing wrong or unethical in the process that led to the... Read More
Study: Year-round school calendars could hurt home prices
Anyone who has ever shopped for a house knows this rule: The better the test scores at the neighborhood school, the higher the home prices. A new study co-authored by an economist at Elon University... Read More
NC scores well in disaster preparedness
North Carolina earned high marks for preparedness against the risks posed by extreme changes in weather, according to a report. The "States at Risk: America's Preparedness Report Card" gave the state... Read More
Make campaign contribution. Get favor. Typical of pay-to-play politics
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, November 17, 2015. If there were any North Carolinians out there who still doubted that campaign contributors get special treatment from some politicians, they surely... Read More
Handling disruptive students
This year, the Los Angeles Unified School District implemented a new “restorative justice” discipline policy that, according to an article published in the Los Angeles Times, “seeks to... Read More
State government still not open enough
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, November 17, 2015. How open and honest is state government in North Carolina? Not very. This in and of itself isn’t a shocking development. Government on all... Read More
Student debt relief in the world of for-profit college collapses
State and federal regulators announced a string of court victories and settlements involving predatory for-profit colleges in recent weeks, and while at first glance the numbers are big and the... Read More
Turning up the heat
He flattened the Governor to get a $3 million state contract then like a one-man wrecking ball crashed into Senator Phil Berger to keep his contract and after the press chewed on the Governor the... Read More
