My daughter chose teaching
Last month, I got a call from my daughter. A senior at Winston Salem State, I could hear from her first breath that she had news. “I got in!” she told me, “I start teaching in August!” Leah... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The stories (maybe) of 2015
Last week in this space, your humble @NCCapitol blogger demonstrated a pretty clear lack of predictive power by pointing out the things last year's state politics forecasting column got wrong. So... Read More
2014: Coal ash and the Carolina comeback
In 2014, "coal ash" became a household term, some state lawmakers wanted to gamble on extra lottery revenues to help balance the budget and Gov. Pat McCrory touted the "Carolina Comeback." Here's a... Read More
Policy Watch top stories of 2014: Helping low-income children
Editor’s note: During the holidays, NC Policy Watch is taking a look back at 2014 by featuring some of our top news stories and commentaries from the past 12 months. We hope you will enjoy them and... Read More
Justices discover common ground
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, December 26, 2014. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Elena Kagan are sitting in a duck blind in Mississippi. Scalia turns to Kagan and says.… It sounds... Read More
Falling energy prices, high costs might limit fracking start-up
After four years of heated debate, North Carolina stands on the cusp of lifting its fracking moratorium and opening the state’s woodlands and meadows to shale gas exploration. The state legislature... Read More
Liberals roll their boulders
I know Christmas Day has come and gone, but we ought to try to retain the holiday spirit as long as we can. That’s why I’m urging compassion for a downtrodden group that doesn’t often receive it... Read More
Marketing, admissions and universities
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, December 27, 2014. Raise a hand if a son, daughter, grandson or granddaughter, niece, nephew, or fifth cousin (twice removed) mentioned college applications over... Read More
State must commit funding
When state legislators created a new commission last summer to review North Carolina’s participation in Common Core standards for elementary and secondary schools, they made an excellent decision... Read More
The obvious newsmaker of the year in North Carolina
t’s the time of the year when newspapers and websites and television talk shows are busy with their year-in-review features, looking back at the people and events of 2014 with many of them picking a... Read More
