Claude Sitton
Claude Sitton was, indeed, forceful and fearless. But not without flaws, flaws that show what is great and what can be dangerous about journalism. Sitton’s forcefulness shaped a controversy that... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The bullying politics of revenge continues in Raleigh
Anybody still holding out hope that the bitter partisan politics of revenge, bullying and raw power grabbing on display in Raleigh during the last four years was on the wane can’t have much hope... Read More
Republicans 'listen' with deaf ears
Talk about timing. On the same day that state Senate Republicans rammed through a bill to basically reverse the last county commissioners election in Wake County, the North Carolina Republican Party... Read More
NC has big stake in health subsidies
North Carolina’s political leaders may not like the Affordable Care Act, but a large and growing number of residents rely on it for health insurance. Only Florida, California and Texas have more... Read More
Political opposites attract on incentives, redistricting
When some of the more liberal and more conservative advocacy groups and think tanks in North Carolina agree on a contentious issue in state government, it's worth noting. It doesn't happen all that... Read More
NC supports body cameras and public release of footage
Executive Summary of Elon Poll released March 11, 2015. Nine out of 10 people in North Carolina support the idea of police officers wearing body cameras while on duty and nearly two thirds of... Read More
What's next? Getting Duke Energy to clean its mess
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, March 11, 2015. What took so long? That’s only the first question raised by the announcement on Tuesday that the North Carolina Department of Environment and... Read More
What's a coal ash plant to do?
State Supreme Court to dictate Duke Energy’s next move Coal ash comes to the state Supreme Court on Monday for an answer to what should be a relatively simple question. Do North Carolina’s... Read More
The same old mistake
Over a decade ago some genius up in Washington – I think it may have been Donald Rumsfeld – figured we could conquer Iraq with 150,000 soldiers; that we could fight a little war with a little pain... Read More
Senators butting in
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 12, 2015. George Logan was a political ally of Thomas Jefferson who made a secret diplomatic trip to France in 1798. He might have helped avert a war, but he... Read More
