Five steps for a reform-minded UNC Board
As the academic year begins, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, now with a new chairman, John Fennebresque, must make some choices. The university system faces real problems: It... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Candidates off and running
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan has been running hard for re-election for more than a year. Republican nominee Thom Tillis, the speaker of the North Carolina House, has been campaigning... Read More
The difficulty of defining what a good teacher is
The latest federally orchestrated attempt to close the achievement gap between public school students from low-income families and those from middle- or upper-class homes mandates that all school... Read More
Hagan, Dole and the 90s
WRAL’s Mark Binker says the claim that Senator Kay Hagan votes with President Obama 95 percent of the time is “something of karmic payback for Hagan, who benefited from a similar claim leveled... Read More
Raleigh's revolving door
That swooshing sound you hear in Raleigh these days is the revolving door between government and private industry spinning away, as legislators and top administration officials are cashing in, taking... Read More
Incumbents have the money
Chalk it up as another way that incumbent legislators in general have a distinct advantage over challengers in N.C. General Assembly races this and every other election year. Besides the name... Read More
Our costly epidemic
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, August 30, 2014. Diabetes is a costly epidemic in North Carolina, and it is rapidly expanding. That’s a disturbing finding headlining a report by Harvard... Read More
A $40 million loss as film crew leaves
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, republished in News and Observer, August 29, 2014. The first reviews are in and they’re bad: The audience walked out. The sequels may be worse. Somebody needs to... Read More
A modest proposal: charter schools for all NC students
About 60 years ago, the musical satirist, Tom Lehrer, wrote a song about the results of the next major war with nuclear weapons proliferation. He had a rhyme that went, “Universal bereavement, an... Read More
5 Things to watch in North Carolina's elections
North Carolina government has undergone a dramatic shift to the right. How voters feel about Republican control should shade Election Day results for the U.S. Senate and on down the ballot. A state... Read More
