Misplaced priorities for black Americans
Let’s list major problems affecting black Americans. Topping the list is the breakdown in the black family, where only a third of black children are raised in two-parent households. Actually, the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Voting rights trial opens Monday
Trial is set to get underway on Monday in the cases challenging North Carolina’s election laws, nearly two years since state legislators passed and the governor signed what many have called the most... Read More
Playing with fire
Like him or not, Phil Berger’s about the most powerful politician around; last year, just so no one got confused about who rules the roost in Raleigh, he and the Senate Bull Mooses put the kibosh on... Read More
Is North Carolina's economic rebound stumbling?
Some troubling news about North Carolina’s economy made the headlines recently. Numbers for an economic concept called “gross domestic product,” or GDP, were released for 2014. While North... Read More
N.C. counties promised $284 million in incentives over five years
N.C. counties entered into incentives contracts totaling nearly $284 million from 2009 to 2014, according to a first-of-its-kind John Locke Foundation Policy Report compiling statewide local... Read More
Controversy and the Supreme Court are no strangers
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, July 8, 2015. The backlash to the Supreme Court’s controversial 5-4 rulings last month brings back memories. In the turbulent 1960s the call was to “Impeach... Read More
Keep Hamilton, dump Jackson
Rob Christensen is right that Alexander Hamilton did much to create today’s America. But there’s another side to Hamilton’s coin – er, $10 bill. Yes, Hamilton’s contributions were... Read More
Top NC Republicans silent about Trump's racist remarks
Most of the news from last month’s NC Republican Party Convention in Raleigh was about the election of the party’s first African-American Chairman, Hassan Harnett from Harrisburg, who won the post... Read More
NC Citizens paying for an accident of history
By Terry O'Keefe, Asheville Citizen-Times, reprinted in The Charlotte Observer, July 8, 2015 So, Raleigh is at it again. The state legislature never tires of meddling in what ought to be strictly... Read More
What did your July 4th fireworks cost?
This week I will take a break from politics and spend time reflecting on the celebrations of our country's independence day. Former President John Adams wrote about his Independence Day visions... Read More
