Why democracy needs higher education
The defunding of public higher education currently underway across the country is troubling for many reasons. It is more than just bad policy: gutting public higher education weakens the democratic... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Civitas survey: Voters support traditional marriage
In the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, a recent Civitas Poll of North Carolina voters shows that two-thirds of them still support the traditional view of marriage. Sixty-four percent... Read More
Old fashioned
Four separate reports – two done for the State Medicaid Department, one done for federal Medicare, and one by the non-profit Community Care of North Carolina filed with State Medicaid – all said... Read More
McCrory and the evolving media
In some ways, I see both sides of the latest dispute between Gov. Pat McCrory's office and the "media," which is changing rapidly with fewer traditional news reporters and more interest groups hiring... Read More
Drivers' ed belongs in public schools
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, July 1, 2015. It’s not just a matter of money, but of public safety. The proposed Senate budget would still require public school districts to offer drivers... Read More
Alert - sales tax might be expanded
Keep your eye on the N.C. General Assembly. Members are monkeying with taxes again, and you could soon face new sales tax charges where they haven’t existed before — such as at the vet’s office... Read More
There's a better way than political gerrymandering
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 2, 2015. In one of its final decisions before ending its term this week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona's use of an independent commission to draw... Read More
TA's fight to save their jobs
Tamarah Hefner has worked for Catawba County schools for 26 years, driving elementary, middle and high school students to school at dawn and back home at dusk, then educating children in grades K... Read More
The lackadaisical start of the final budget debate
House and Senate leaders couldn’t meet their budget deadline of June 30, the end of the state fiscal year, so they approved a continuing budget resolution this week to give themselves 45 more days... Read More
Justices hear balance of powers arguments
Attorneys for North Carolina's current and past governors and legislative leaders offered the state Supreme Court Tuesday very different readings of the legislature's powers and limits in making... Read More
