Online BS
An outfit called Verifeed says “social conversations” on Twitter helped Thom Tillis beat Kay Hagan. Put me down as a skeptic. You hear a lot of sweeping claims about how social media is... Read More
NC Spin Articles
State's growth has slowed and isn't uniform
Earlier this week, Gov. Pat McCrory touted North Carolina's population growth during 2014. The state increased by 95,047 residents from July 1, 2013, to July 1, 2014, to become the country's ninth... Read More
The next wealth distribution division
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 27, 2014. Republican state legislators who enacted a major tax overhaul last year aren’t done. Not by a long shot. The first round of tax reform was... Read More
NC Policy Watch top stories of 2014: Pivotal moment for marriage equality
Editor’s note: During the holidays, NC Policy Watch is taking a look back at 2014 by featuring some of our top news stories and commentaries from the past 12 months. We hope you will enjoy them and... Read More
Incomes remaining stagnant
The U.S. economy continues to recover from the depths of the Great Recession, and North Carolina continues to recover at a faster rate than the national average. But few would describe the general... Read More
Stop chewing the fat and get to the meat of improving schools
I want to help improve public school education, but it is plagued by so many problems, I don’t know where to start. No one does. Problems? What problems are you talking about? I’m referring to low... Read More
Horace the Mule rides again
Column from The Rocky Mount Telegram, December 24, 2014. Editor’s note: The Rocky Mount Telegram is pleased to reprint what has become a holiday favorite in the Rocky Mount area: the ill-fated... Read More
Yes, Virginia. There is a Santa Claus
Column first run in 1897 in the New York Sun, published in the Greenville Daily Reflector, December 24, 2014. In 1897, Francis Pharcellus Church, an editor at The (New York) Sun, penned an editorial... Read More
The Christmas Flounder
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, December 24, 2014. ’Twas the night before Christmas And all through the sound Not a creature was stirring, Not even a flound(r). – Anonymous If there is an old... Read More
NC Policy Watch top stories of 2014: Understanding purple NC
Editor’s note: During the holidays, NC Policy Watch is taking a look back at 2014 by featuring some of our top news stories and commentaries from the past 12 months. We hope you will enjoy them and... Read More
