Rhetoric, reality and DPI cuts
After state legislators approved a 10 percent reduction to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s $70 million budget, state education officials and their boosters sounded the alarm. This was... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Odd and odder
If you think about it DENR’s proposal was pretty odd. Last winter, when tons of water from a coal ash pond poured into the Dan River, there was consternation and gnashing of teeth. The U.S... Read More
The 2014 political auction in North Carolina
One of the most disturbing aspects of the heated battle between Senator Kay Hagan and state House Speaker Thom Tillis for the U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina has nothing to do with the positions or... Read More
Community colleges tackling a big job
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, October 14, 2014. Dr. Scott Ralls, president of North Carolina’s community college system, has a big job to do and he knows it. Ralls has been speaking across... Read More
Hazel was the big news 60 years ago
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, October 14, 2014. Newcomers don't remember. Many natives aren't old enough to remember. But folks who were living around here in October 1954 likely will never... Read More
Second chance
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, October 15, 2014. North Carolina passed up a good deal in 2013, but it can regain a lost opportunity. When Gov. Pat McCrory and the state legislature said no to... Read More
Electing to stand for education in NC
As we approach the midterm election in North Carolina, I am also approaching the middle of my ninth year teaching high school English. I, like many other public educators, am scrutinizing the polls... Read More
Gay marriage ruling is X factor in Hagan-Tillis Senate race
One of the biggest motivating factors in politics is anger. It was anger about President Barack Obama, his health care plan, and what some perceived as his liberal overreach, that helped fuel the tea... Read More
It's history, no matter how you look at it
The enormity of a judge's decision late last week to allow same-sex marriages in North Carolina probably didn't hit some people until they watched the video of two men getting married live on TV or... Read More
Stimulus story reveals much
In the homestretch of the Senate race between incumbent Kay Hagan and challenger Thom Tillis — the most expensive race in the country this year — the disclosure that Hagan’s family profited from... Read More
