Asleep at the switch
As bleak as Governor McCrory’s job approval numbers were in the WRAL poll, that wasn’t the worst news. Consider how Republicans, Democrats and Independents feel about the General Assembly... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Irony or hypocrisy?
An African-American minister proclaimed that a gay person should not be a judge. He also joined Rep. Skip Stam-and apparently 27 other House Republicans-in proclaiming that magistrates, who are... Read More
Foot soldiers may win war in 2014 elections
The foot soldiers in the battle for control of the Senate come well armed. With data-infused smartphones and tablets in hand, they have an unprecedented amount of information about the potential... Read More
Hard to fathom how scandal lasted so long
The most shocking aspect of the academic and athletics scandal at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has nothing to do with cheating and nothing to do with sports. It's that it wasn't... Read More
Democrats up in early voting in NC
arly voting started at a fast clip, with nearly 300,000 votes cast at one-stop sites in the first four days, according to the State Board of Elections. Turnout is being watched closely because the... Read More
NC sets sights on becoming more veteran friendly
Nearly 800,000 military veterans call North Carolina home, yet a new report found that the state lacks a coordinated strategy to support them. The report from the N.C. General Assembly’s Program... Read More
Dethroning the SAT
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, October 26, 2014. Some eyebrows may have been raised by plans for a pilot program at N. C. Central University and two other historically black campuses in the UNC... Read More
Historically black universities to admit students with lower SAT scores
N.C. Central University and two other UNC system schools will be able to admit students with SAT scores below the minimum standard under a new pilot program approved Friday that places more emphasis... Read More
More hospital consolidation expected
Shrinking revenue streams, particularly the squeeze on federal and state reimbursement rates, are compelling more health-care systems to enter some form of merger or cost-savings partnership... Read More
Remembering the wise words of a public intellectual
Who are North Carolina’s public intellectuals? Over the years we have been blessed with influential and thoughtful people whose wise commentaries about the state’s concerns often moved pubic... Read More
