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
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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
Appeals court judges ask probing questions about teacher tenure benefit
N.C. Appeals Court judges had an array of questions on Thursday for attorneys fighting for and against North Carolina’s teacher-tenure system. But after an hourlong hearing, with many skeptical... Read More
Just a matter of time
Awhile back Ted Cruz got some unusual praise from two odd places. “I think he’s the most talented and fearless Republican politician I’ve seen in the last 30 years,” James Carville said in... Read More
The comeback kid
President Obama's speech last night showed he has a knack for coming back after a setback - and a knack for the comeback quip. Three things about the night: (1) How Obama framed the debate (2) the... Read More
