Friday follies
The McCrory Administration’s improper reaction to pay to play request The latest pay to play scandal in the McCrory Administration continues to draw headlines and confusing reactions from inside the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
One fire to the next
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 7, 2015. The UNC Board of Governors has stood out this year for generating controversy. Starting one fire after another isn’t a good way to run a... Read More
No complaints here on prison contract story
What Gov. Pat McCrory and his staff didn’t complain about says a lot. In case you missed it, The News & Observer of Raleigh and The Charlotte Observer published a lengthy investigation over... Read More
N.C. has long history as battleground state
During the past several presidential elections, North Carolina has been described as a “purple” or battleground state. As more people move to The Old North State for work or retirement, pundits... Read More
Berger's 6 misleading minutes about TAs, teachers, and public schools
Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger sure knows how to improve the morale of the folks working hard every day to help students and teachers across North Carolina. Berger recently told a meeting of... Read More
Asking hard questions, made easy
The Republican presidential candidates are right: the questions asked at the CNBC debate were awful. But not for the reasons the candidates complain about. By straining to ask “tough” questions... Read More
Voters are the key to NAACP leader's mission
Seven people played dead on the steps to the side entrance of the State Capitol building on a rainy day last week. They held cardboard “tombstones” bearing phrases such as, “I died from a heart... Read More
The wrong response
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 6, 2015. Gov. Pat McCrory’s office issued a weak rebuttal to a damaging story by the state’s McClatchy newspapers, The News & Observer of Raleigh and... Read More
Carson with double digit lead, Cooper pulls ahead of McCrory
by Elon University Poll, November 5, 2015. Retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson commands a double-digit lead over his nearest competitor in North Carolina’s Republican presidential primary race... Read More
The big kerfuffle
Just hearing the four words Grand Jury and FBI Investigation is enough to make a politician’s blood run cold and the Governor’s got both on his hands, a Grand Jury investigating the Department... Read More
