Critics of Republican leadership in the General Assembly are often quick to use words such as "extreme" to describe policies pushed by the majority. Republicans use the same rhetoric about Democrats... Read More
John Boehner, Jeb Bush and Pat McCrory took their first steps this week along a Republican Party fault line that offers peril for each of them – and peril for Democrats if they succeed. Boehner... Read More
In a realm filled with rumors in the blink of an eye fictions take root in fertile soil and blossom adopting the image of spoken truth like this one you’ve heard a hundred times: ‘Romney lost... Read More
The 2015 session of the General Assembly doesn’t officially convene until next Wednesday but Republican legislative leaders have already set a troubling tone for the session with their decision to... Read More
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, January 7, 2015. As fuel prices are decreasing at a record rate, North Carolina’s gas tax actually climbed a penny on Jan. 1. Unfortunately, the new revenue... Read More
Projections about a mass teacher exodus in North Carolina sparked by Republican legislative policies not only have failed to materialize, but also turnover rates declined last year, according to an... Read More
I’ve been writing about media bias for 20-plus years, since that day in the early ’90s when the scales fell from my eyes and I saw what was happening in my chosen profession. I was managing editor... Read More
Governor Pat McCrory told an audience of business leaders this week that he has been hamstrung in recruiting businesses to the state because he didn’t know what incentives he could offer them... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, January 6, 2015. Last year the State Board of Education voted to grade high school students on a 10-point scale, putting them more in line with their peers in other... Read More
I’m a happy migrant to North Carolina, and I’m not alone. “Since 1971, North Carolina has grown faster than the nation every year,” Rebecca Tippett, director of Carolina Demography at UNC... Read More
