Who lobbies for John Q. Public?
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, September 15, 2014. We’ve used this space before to point out how relatively easy it is for incumbent legislators and members of Congress to hold onto their seats... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Hagan claims
Just before Labor Day, the publicly available polls of likely voters had incumbent U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan roughly tied with Republican challenger Thom Tillis. Since Labor Day, the polling average has... Read More
Cutting senior services
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, September 20, 2014. A report last week on state and federal funding cuts for services assisting the state’s rising population of senior citizens reveals at... Read More
Jim Gardner targets underage drinking
Jim Gardner has played an astonishing number of roles in North Carolina’s civic, political and business life. He has been a congressman, lieutenant governor, three-time candidate for governor, state... Read More
Appeals court releases voucher money for hundreds of NC Students
The state Court of Appeals on Friday released taxpayer money to hundreds of North Carolina families who had been awarded vouchers to send their children to private or religious schools. Superior Court... Read More
Wos watch continues in Raleigh
Another week, another set of problems identified at the state Department of Health and Human Services. This time it is a letter from the U.S. Department of Agriculture questioning DHHS oversight of... Read More
Free to protest
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 20, 2014. Moral Monday demonstrators have found themselves with unlikely legal allies: abortion opponents in Massachusetts. In June, the U.S. Supreme... Read More
DA to dismiss all but 50 Moral Monday cases
by Anne Blythe, News and Observer, September 19, 2014. The Wake County district attorney announced Friday that he would dismiss all but about 50 cases against protesters arrested at the N.C... Read More
Death wishes
Like many people who have more years behind them than ahead of them, I regularly read the obituaries. First I look for people or families I know. Then I look for their ages. Then I look for the signs... Read More
How long will being gay be a fireable offense?
North Carolina Congressman Robert Pittenger made headlines recently for suggesting that firing people from their jobs solely because they are gay is one of the “freedoms we enjoy” as Americans... Read More
