Must love dogs
Long ago the bib-overall wearing editor of a small weekly newspaper in Raleigh published a story claiming Jim Hunt was gay. There wasn’t a word of truth in it. He’d made it up and splashed it... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Cutting through the confusion about McCrory and coal ash
t’s probably getting tough for most people to keep up with all the court cases, settlements, and fines surrounding coal ash contamination at sites across North Carolina owned by Duke Energy. Every... Read More
On a first name basis
by Thomas Mills, Politics NC, October 22, 2015. I don’t usually make too many political predictions because politics is so unpredictable. That said, I’m going to make some predictions about the... Read More
Baggage-toting Spellings the antithesis of able UNC leaders
On the second day of her job as secretary of education in the George W. Bush administration in 2004, Margaret Spellings sent a letter to the CEO of PBS demanding that a children’s show that featured... Read More
Cooper emphasizing family values
When Attorney General Roy Cooper officially announced his bid for governor in 2016 last week, he didn’t steal the show at the event in his honor in Rocky Mount. His three grown daughters did. And if... Read More
First salvo fired in 2016 television ad campaign
Now that the legislature has adjourned the focus turns to the 2016 election campaign and the first campaign ads have already started. Following Treasurer Janet Cowell’s surprising announcement she... Read More
Infrastructure bond makes sense for North Carolina
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, October 21, 2015. One of the bright spots of the recently adjourned legislative session is a $2 billion infrastructure bond referendum that will go before North... Read More
Work with the Governor for the bonds, Democrats
Oh, come on. North Carolina's Republican and Democratic parties will be sniping at each other's candidates for the next year-plus, so today's shot at Gov. Pat McCrory isn't unexpected. But they need... Read More
Poor counties, small businesses largely left out of incentives
New data from the state commerce department shows economic incentive projects designed to lure new jobs continue to land in the state's wealthiest counties, despite criticism that the strategy is... Read More
Millennial voters hard to motivate
The so-called millennial generation helped to elect Barack Obama in 2008. But their turnout faded in 2012 because their expectations for instant gratification were not met, and they hold a jaded view... Read More
