There’s been news in Henderson County this week about an announcement from GF Linamar that they’ll build a state-of-the-art aluminum die casting plant in Mills River. And it does indeed sound... Read More
The career of Calvin Coolidge, one of the greatest leaders in American history, has a lot to teach current and prospective leaders right here in North Carolina. Before becoming president in 1923 upon... Read More
Can Donald Trump be stopped short of the Republican nomination? Probably not. But the rational wing of the party has to try — quickly and forcefully — to make that happen. The stakes are far too... Read More
A couple of years before the Berlin Wall fell a writer, gazing into his crystal ball, predicted communism was done for because ‘even the people who believed in it didn’t believe in it anymore... Read More
The demagogues in Raleigh are now seriously considering a special session of the General Assembly to overturn the nondiscrimination ordinance passed by the Charlotte City Council that provides basic... Read More
This year seems to herald the beginning of the end of the two party system. It’s probably actually been happening for awhile and it will probably take a lot longer to complete the transition... Read More
N.C. Rep. Paul “Skip” Stam, a Wake County Republican, made the point during debate over the newly drawn congressional districts that they are “prettier” than the ones previously adopted by the... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, February 27, 2016. Which bathrooms do transgendered people use in the Legislative Building in Raleigh? Lawmakers in an uproar over Charlotte’s new anti... Read More
U.S. Republican rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz ganged up on front-runner Donald Trump at a raucous debate on Thursday in a last-ditch bid to keep the billionaire from winning victories next week that... Read More
This is what politics in North Carolina has come to 16 years into the 21st century. The state’s largest city follows the lead of hundreds of other local governments across the country and adopts a... Read More
