Despite a key win in the Supreme Court and pressure from liberal activists, North Carolina's legislative leaders said this past week that they have no plans to expand the state's Medicaid rolls... Read More
As the House and Senate negotiate the details of a new state budget, one of their biggest disagreements will be about taxes. Just to be clear: both chambers are led by conservatives who generally... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, July 3, 2015. Here are the first few and the last paragraphs of the Declaration adopted 239 years ago today. In Congress, July 4, 1776, The unanimous Declaration of... Read More
The state of North Carolina has begun its 2015-16 fiscal year with a continuing resolution instead of a budget. While it would have been better if lawmakers and Gov. Pat McCrory had inked a formal... Read More
That’s the anguished question Chief Justice John Roberts asked in his dissent to the Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage. He wrote: “…the Court invalidates the marriage laws of... Read More
In case Gov. Pat McCrory and legislative leaders haven’t heard, the Affordable Care Act is here to stay. The Supreme Court made sure of that last week by rejecting an absurd claim that Congress didn... Read More
One of the great stories in our country’s history is the relationship between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. They were two of the American Revolution’s intellectuals and political theorists... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 3, 2014. Thom Tillis distinguished himself as speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives by advancing legislation to compensate victims of the state’s... Read More
The defunding of public higher education currently underway across the country is troubling for many reasons. It is more than just bad policy: gutting public higher education weakens the democratic... Read More
In the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, a recent Civitas Poll of North Carolina voters shows that two-thirds of them still support the traditional view of marriage. Sixty-four percent... Read More
