Secrecy continues
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 29, 2014. When Carol Folt said nine UNC-Chapel Hill employees would be fired or disciplined for their role in a long-running academic scandal, she didn... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The need to keep North Carolina's good deal
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. At the beginning of this month, Site Selection magazine ranked North Carolina third on its list of the top 10 business climates in the country. Site Selection is... Read More
Southern Democrats urge a return to Party basics
Southern Democrats are joining others in the party who say that a return to advocating to lift people out of economic hardship and emphasizing spending on education and public works will re-energize... Read More
A humble request for Thanksgiving
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, November 26, 2014. Following is the Thanksgiving Proclamation as issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on Oct. 3, 1789. By the... Read More
Thanksgiving wisdom for the ages
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 26, 2014. Here are some of our favorite Thanksgiving passages to ponder on this special day. “It becomes us to set apart a day for gratefully... Read More
Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry isn't doing her job
Editorial by News and Observer, November 24, 2014. Cherie Berry’s idea of helping North Carolina businesses do right by their workers is to ask them politely and avoid confrontation. That’s always... Read More
Moore: "They want to see us govern"
Rep. Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, spent the past four years as then-Speaker Thom Tillis' Rules Committee chairman, the affable technician who oiled the gears of legislative progress. In January, Moore... Read More
Cheap advice
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 26, 2014. If the review of Common Core standards ordered by the state legislature is a waste of time, at least it’s not costing any money. The Academic... Read More
People favor facts that fit their bias
Editorial from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reprinted in Salisbury Post, November 25, 2014. From an editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the Ferguson, Mo., case: Except for sports teams and the... Read More
The annual ritual of cynically suspending the blame
The holiday season is upon us and that means another annual event is here again too, the once-a-year appeal by political leaders to help the same low-income people their policies ignore or punish the... Read More
