Driver's ed shell game
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, September 23, 2014. In passing the cost of driver education to parents of high school students, state lawmakers appear to be playing a shell game with the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The road ahead
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 24, 2014. Pat McCrory made his political reputation on the strength of a progressive transportation project — Charlotte’s light-rail system... Read More
Healthcare insurance premiums about to surge
A sizable number of North Carolina residents are learning they are no longer eligible for Obamacare, and some health policy premiums could jump 60 percent within two years, an insurance official says... Read More
We no longer have the luxury to debate what we should do
Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson launched the longest and most expensive war in American history: the war on poverty. “Our aim,” he said, “is not only to relieve the symptom of poverty... Read More
Conservatives rewriting NC history
Conservatives have been trying to roll back decades of Democratic programs, since they took control of state government. Now they are trying to rewrite Tar Heel political history. North Carolina as... Read More
NC Voters grew by more than 30 percent in the last decade
More than 6.5 million people are registered to vote North Carolina, up about 30 percent from 10 years ago, state officials said Tuesday. North Carolina's population increased by 15 percent from... Read More
Borrow when it saves
Fiscal conservatives tend to look askance at large issuances of public debt. In this sentiment, they are in good company. “I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse,” wrote James... Read More
High Point Poll: Senate race too close to call
News release by High Point University Poll, September 22, 2014. The first HPU Poll of the 2014 fall semester finds that the race for U.S. Senate between incumbent Senator Kay Hagan and North Carolina... Read More
Voting that puts us to shame
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, September 22, 2014. There’s a number from Scotland’s failed referendum on independence that should amaze and shame us: 84.6. That’s the percentage of eligible... Read More
FDR and Gary Hart
Ken Burns’ remarkable series on the Roosevelts makes it clear that Franklin D. Roosevelt never would have passed the Gary Hart adultery test. Would that have been good for America? As Burns... Read More
