Republicans should thank Renee Ellmers
Conservatives don’t seem to understand what a big favor Renee Ellmers is doing for them. A conservative writer doesn’t seem to think she’s fit to live. Aaron Gardner wrote at RedState: “Is... Read More
NC Spin Articles
UNC Chapel Hill faculty angry over Ross ouster
Faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill on Friday expressed anger over the forced departure of UNC system President Tom Ross and worry over the future of public higher education in North Carolina. Tension was high... Read More
Part of Dix Property should honor namesake
The North Carolina chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness weighed in Friday on the sale of the 308-acre Dorothea Dix property. A statement released by NAMI director Jack Register says the... Read More
Chasing Pat from the right
After being blasted by the liberals (for hiding conflicts of interest) Governor McCrory ran head-on into a second broadside from the opposite direction: Tired of Medicaid wrecking havoc on its budget... Read More
Chasing Pat from the left
The liberal folks over at ProgressNC let fly with a broadside at the Governor about his ethics, then let fly again with a press conference and, by then, they had the folks at the Charlotte Observer... Read More
McCrory's staggering start to another year
Last Friday was supposed to be a moment for Governor Pat McCrory to shine, to stand in front of the UNC Board of Governors and unveil another part of his strategy to create jobs, to keep what he calls... Read More
Following Pope's lead
by Thomas Mills, Politics North Carolina, January 22, 2015. In 1990, when Art Pope set up the John Locke Foundation, North Carolina’s second Republican governor since Reconstruction was in the... Read More
Mapping the Left
In North Carolina, left-wing nonprofit advocacy groups for decades have wielded an alarming amount of power in the media, state politics, and government. They work together, both in loose coalitions... Read More
Third parent dictates for today's kids
Millennials, those born between 1980 and 2000, have been described as entitled and narcissistic. It seems we, Generation X parents, have failed miserably in raising mature, conscientious adults with... Read More
Lawsuit by former UNC Chapel Hill students seeks educational reforms
A class-action lawsuit filed Thursday by former student-athletes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks reforms to ensure other student-athletes get a proper education. The 100-page... Read More
