By all accounts, the 2014 North Carolina Supreme Court race, with four of seven seats up for grabs, is destined for the record books. Already spending in the race is nearing $4 million, with a little... Read More
The more details you hear about the state’s startlingly unaccountable private school voucher scheme and the questionable schools now receiving taxpayer money, the more troubling it all seems. In an... Read More
Thom Tillis addressed his opponent respectfully as “Sen. Hagan” and not the more familiar “Kay,” but that was about the only quarter either candidate gave each other in Tuesday night’s... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, October 8, 2014. The Map Act is a North Carolina law intended to clear the way for new highways. But a more accurate name would be Map, Don’t Act. The law has locked... Read More
Elon University Poll, October 7, 2014. If you're a major party candidate running for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, you don't want to be seen with President Barack Obama or Republican Gov. Pat McCrory... Read More
There has been a lot of media coverage about the death of Michael Anthony Kerr, an inmate with schizophrenia at Alexander Prison. His personal story is heartrending but sadly familiar. After being in... Read More
Some North Carolina politicians sound today just like their predecessors in the 1950s, railing against the Supreme Court and rallying behind “state’s rights.” Then it was racial... Read More
Editorial by Salisbury Post, October 5, 2014. Have you had your fill yet of U.S. Senate television ads for Kay Hagan and Thom Tillis? Countless times throughout the day, you see Hagan questioning... Read More
My husband and I are good parents, involved parents, educated parents. Since the moment our children entered the world, we have dedicated our lives to advocating on behalf of our daughter and son... Read More
One of my favorite modern historians, the late Rufus Fears at the University of Oklahoma, was fond of saying that “ideas make history.” University of Chicago professor and North Carolina native... Read More
