Burr favored in duel
Pretty much as soon as the polls closed on Election Day 2014, the political prognosticators began laying bets on what will happen by Election Day 2016. At the national level, attention quickly focused... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Watching the new Speaker's words
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, January 3, 2015. When the N. C. General Assembly meets Jan. 14 to kick off this year’s legislative session, Tim Moore of Kings Mountain is certain to be elected House... Read More
General Assembly should take a practical turn in 2015
Editorial by News and Observer, January 3, 2015. The political context as the General Assembly prepares to reconvene this month is not unlike the situation in Washington. The chief executive must show... Read More
For some state retirees, a big pension - and then some more
Some of the state’s highest-paid government retirees are benefiting from a supplemental fund set up by state lawmakers in 2013 so the retirees can receive pensions that otherwise would be too high... Read More
2014 predictions fell short; some picks for 2015
Every year I get out my crystal ball and make my predictions of what will happen in politics and government during the coming year. The fact that I am often wrong has never stopped me before and I see... Read More
UNC board's 'critique' a travesty
There is something dangerously Orwellian about a group of UNC Board of Governors complaining about the lack of “diversity of opinion” at two centers connected to the UNC School of Law that receive... Read More
Virtual charter schools have serious financial and academic questions
Despite major concerns and numerous unanswered questions, a special committee appointed by the State Board of Education recently recommended approval of both applicants seeking to create virtual... Read More
Helping poor children
A new report about child and family poverty from the Annie E. Casey Foundation ought to be required reading for new and returning state lawmakers and Governor Pat McCrory and his staff ought to take a... Read More
Likely NC Speaker talks honesty, bipartisanship
Tim Moore has spent almost all his life in Kings Mountain, an old textile town more than 150 miles southwest of Raleigh with perhaps more in common with South Carolina than North Carolina. Its name... Read More
