During my years of teaching middle school, I taught more than a thousand young black males. I saw many of them come into sixth grade from elementary school smiling but leave eighth grade for high... Read More
The political contest in North Carolina is no longer between Democrats and Republicans. The Democrats have been vanquished, undone by their disorganization and lack of conviction and gerrymandered... Read More
Intrepid Civitas sleuths have unearthed our vast and shadowy network Urgent Memorandum To: All current and former assets in the Vast and Shadowy Network of Leftist North Carolina Activists (“VSNLNCA... Read More
We may have significant work to do, but North Carolina is on its way. At least, that’s the intimation of the North Carolina Technology Association's (NCTA) first North Carolina State of... Read More
Lord, deliver us – the Supreme Court is about to tell us who can and can’t marry. Marriage as an institution twists and turns back into the mists of time but will a judge even ask how – and... Read More
Folks at the North Carolina Chamber want state lawmakers to do something about the shortage of funding to build and maintain roads in North Carolina, but would rather not talk about how to raise the... Read More
The conventional wisdom in Raleigh before state lawmakers came back to town this week was that this General Assembly session would be less contentious than the last two, that leaders of the Republican... Read More
It was "the first political debacle of 2015" for President Obama, wrote Charles Lane of the Washington Post: "Under fire from Republicans and even House Democratic leaders, the White House withdrew... Read More
Avik Roy explains for Forbes readers why politicians’ push to raise the government-mandated minimum wage would end up making more low-skilled people eligible for the real minimum wage of zero... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, January 29, 2015. Phil Berger has better things to do. But the Senate president pro tem, the state’s most powerful lawmaker, continues to focus on suppressing same... Read More
