More than 6.5 million people are registered to vote North Carolina, up about 30 percent from 10 years ago, state officials said Tuesday. North Carolina's population increased by 15 percent from... Read More
Fiscal conservatives tend to look askance at large issuances of public debt. In this sentiment, they are in good company. “I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse,” wrote James... Read More
News release by High Point University Poll, September 22, 2014. The first HPU Poll of the 2014 fall semester finds that the race for U.S. Senate between incumbent Senator Kay Hagan and North Carolina... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, September 22, 2014. There’s a number from Scotland’s failed referendum on independence that should amaze and shame us: 84.6. That’s the percentage of eligible... Read More
Ken Burns’ remarkable series on the Roosevelts makes it clear that Franklin D. Roosevelt never would have passed the Gary Hart adultery test. Would that have been good for America? As Burns... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, September 22, 2014. Across Northwest North Carolina today, just as every day, women (and men) will be assaulted in every way imaginable by their supposed loved ones... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, September 22, 2014. Parents seeking better schools for their kids were left in limbo when a court struck down the state's Opportunity Scholarships program last... Read More
Your Aug. 9 editorial “ Treatment does more than jail for most mentally ill offenders” and the recent news article on extended timeframes for mental evaluations highlight the national issue that... Read More
As part of legislation repealing the controversial Common Core academic standards in North Carolina public schools, a new state commission began the process Monday of reviewing math and English... Read More
In a few years covering the Legislature, I don't recall hearing the words "dead" and "moose" uttered together in any legislative meeting. It happened last week. Embattled Health and Human Services... Read More
