Dear UNC Board of Governors: As you probably already know, Gabriel Lugo is president of the faculty senate at UNCW, which stands for The University of North Carolina for Whining Liberals. As faculty... Read More
Public school superintendents have been in the news lately, and it’s not been flattering. Desperate to move on from the contentious tenure of Superintendent Katie McGee, the Brunswick County Board... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, March 21, 2015. Religious liberty seems to be a slippery concept in the North Carolina Senate. Last month, senators passed a bill allowing magistrates to refuse to... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, March 20, 2015. Have you heard this one? The administration was engaged in a power struggle with the House and Senate, so the lawmakers threaten to hold up nominee... Read More
To the extent that Roy Cooper has a reasonable chance of defeating Gov. Pat McCrory for reelection, it’s because many of his fellow Democrats failed in their efforts to change the electoral process... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 22, 2015. The harsh language heard in Raleigh last week echoes the heated rhetoric frequently sounded in Washington. There, it’s understandable. A... Read More
North Carolina desperately needs a thorough, public and serious debate about economic development policy and the use of incentives to attract new jobs to the state. No one really likes incentives but... Read More
I wonder if the N.C. Legislature understands the “smack in the face” effect its incentives to lure new businesses to the state has on a business like mine that has been operating here for over... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory is frustrated with the General Assembly, and the feeling was more than mutual this week. Although Republicans control both the Executive Mansion and the legislature, the two branches... Read More
It may sound a like a story you have heard before, sharp pointed exchanges in public between top lawmakers and executive branch officials, Senate leaders refusing to confirm administrative... Read More
