Much of the reporting last week on argument in the Alabama redistricting case before the U.S. Supreme Court focused on the bounds of permissible gerrymanders – and rightly so, given the novelty of... Read More
Pat McCrory had one of those days. First, a typist switched an ‘h’ for an ‘f’ so he sent out a press release announcing a Wilmington company was ‘firing... Read More
Regarding the Nov. 16 Point of View “ Time for UNC leaders to get real on cuts”: Sometimes we get what we ask for. The Point of View might have an effect the writers did not intend. It was... Read More
It's beginning to feel a lot like – um, Jones Street – on Jones Street. It's still about two months before the mid-January start of the 2015-16 legislative session, but you wouldn't know it with... Read More
I am mad as hell and I want my state back.” Former UNC-Wilmington Chancellor Jim Leutze wanted to use this phrase as the title for his new book about modern North Carolina history and politics... Read More
Kenneth Wainstein’s report, “Investigation of Irregular Classes in the Department of African and Afro-American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,” detailed a long... Read More
President Obama set out to restore his political fortunes by going to China – and announcing a new climate change agreement. Then, still intent on repairing his fortunes, he traveled on to... Read More
Since the election tsunami, Democrats have been scouring the rubble for answers. Liberals say the party needs to take on Wall Street. Moderates say retake the middle. Labor says raise the minimum wage... Read More
It’s getting hard to keep up with all the conflicts of interest inside the McCrory Administration. The latest troubling news comes in an Associated Press story revealing that McCrory’s... Read More
The TV ad in the N.C. Supreme Court campaign was a pleasant surprise. When Justice For All NC, an independent expenditure political organization, bought $400,000 of broadcast time in the days before... Read More
