Unsatisfactory
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, August 6, 2014. We’d like to say the best thing about the General Assembly’s 2014 “short session” is that it’s over. But it’s not over. The out-of-sync... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Caps, cuts and the continued battering of UNC system colleges
As a parent who has supported three sons and a niece through undergraduate, graduate or law school, I understand the UNC Board of Governors’ concerns about increasing tuition rates and the use of... Read More
Play politics with N.C. teacher salaries
It has been a long time between drinks of water for North Carolina’s public school teachers, victims of the recession and tax-cutting politics. So most will be glad to get an election-year raise... Read More
McCrory demands information from feds on immigrant children
Gov. Pat McCrory said Tuesday that state officials have been kept in the dark about the immigrant children being placed in North Carolina, and he demanded more information – and work toward a... Read More
State regresses on historic preservation
Editorial by Salisbury Post, August 3, 2014. It’s difficult to strike up the band and hold a Main Street parade in any N.C. community to celebrate a state budget that doesn’t provide for historic... Read More
A guide to the factions fighting our education wars
Factional warfare such as the Common Core debate in the field of education is nothing new and can be seen throughout the 1900s. It is important to understand the factions as each tries to convince... Read More
Giving credit for grants
The question of whether government ought to subsidize historic preservation or Hollywood filmmaking is distinguishable from the question of how government ought to go about delivering those subsidies... Read More
The four tribes of big education
The mention of the phrase ‘public schools’ conjures up a vision of nurturing teachers and faithful laboring principals but it turns out ‘Big Education’ is a kingdom teeming with ‘Big Players... Read More
A veteran's verdict of the session
A long-time veteran of the Legislative Building, one who looks at both parties with a critical eye, offers this critique of the end of the not-so-short session. “Legislative Republicans treated... Read More
Income inequality greater in blue states than in red
Progressives obsess over income inequality. Part of their obsession is their insistence that their preferred policies – including minimum wage hikes and expanded government welfare programs – is... Read More
