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
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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
NAACP's Barber calls Ferguson decision 'indictment' of justice system
by Jim Wise, News and Observer, November 25, 2014. The non-indictment of a white policeman in the death of a black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., is itself an indictment of a biased criminal justice... Read More
Charitable contributions at four-year low in NC
New data released two days before Thanksgiving shows that charitable giving in the Tar Heel state from July 2013 to June 2014 was at its lowest in four years with residents giving $21.4 million. That... Read More
Local boards know best on school calendars
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, November 22, 2014. The N. C. General Assembly’s passion in the past decade to micromanage school calendars stands among the most bone-headed of decisions. Ostensibly... Read More
