Gov. Pat McCrory should read the new biography of a predecessor by Julian Pleasants. It’s called “The Political Career of W. Kerr Scott, The Squire from Haw River,” and it might inspire the... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, January 27, 2015. The N.C. General Assembly reconvenes Wednesday for its 2015 long session with budget revenues running nearly $200 million below projections and an... Read More
For the next two years, the chances are good that the U.S. government will be almost completely paralyzed. After the midterm elections, power is more perfectly divided between a president and Congress... Read More
Ping-pong. That’s the metaphor that captures my thoughts regarding the controversy surrounding the plan to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer from the bell tower of Duke Chapel. I supported the... Read More
Major changes could be coming to North Carolina’s public university teacher training programs, which have seen a precipitous drop in students in the past five years. At a daylong summit Tuesday that... Read More
Ever since conservatives won majorities in the North Carolina General Assembly and began reducing taxes, spending, and state regulation, liberals have predicted doom. Without sufficient government... Read More
It’s now official: Beginning with the 2015-16 school year, all North Carolina public high schools will be on a 10-point grading scale. Last week the State Board of Education approved the plan to... Read More
She said Yes. Then No. Then Yes, again. Four years ago, running for Congress, Renee Ellmers told voters she was a nurse who had “held the hands of new born infants.” Yes, she said, she was... Read More
The government is too big, Republicans say. Too much bureaucracy, too much waste, too many overpaid, do-nothing chair-sitters mooching off hard-working taxpayers. Presumably, House Speaker Tim... Read More
by Thom Tillis, U.S. Senator, published in Greenville Daily Reflector, January 26, 2015. When I ran for the U.S. Senate last year, I promised North Carolinians I would fight for common-sense policies... Read More
