Spending money to save money
The irony was unmistakable.In a recent legislative committee meeting, House and Senate lawmakers peppered an official in Gov. Pat McCrory's administration with questions about money the state is... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The haves and have-nots of employment tenure
After years of rejecting progressives’ class warfare argument about “the haves” and the “have-nots,” I’m a bit embarrassed to acknowledge they’ve been right all along. Not only that, I... Read More
NCAA reopens investigations of academic misconduct at UNC
Amid years of questions surrounding the relationship between athletics and academic fraud at UNC-Chapel Hill, the NCAA is reopening its investigation at UNC, the university announced on Monday. UNC... Read More
GOP didn't see this one coming
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, June 29, 2014. Something tells us our Republican friends in the N.C. General Assembly didn’t see this one coming. Once they took control of the legislature, GOP... Read More
Stark budget choices
Every year at the General Assembly members of the majority party in the House and Senate describe the budget put together by their chamber’s leaders as the best possible budget for North Carolina... Read More
Talking instead of posturing would help N.C.
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 30, 2014. Deadlines in politics have a way of being ignored, usually at additional cost to the governed. That's the case with North Carolina's budgetary... Read More
N.C. shines in national election spotlight
Political pundits across the nation are watching closely this year as North Carolinians prepare to head to the polls to decide whether first-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan will keep her job... Read More
A sorting hat for politics
Political labels are necessary. They are also problematic. Without labels, political conversation would be difficult to sustain. Debate flows from disagreement. On any given proposal for government to... Read More
Still work to do on proposed coal ash bill
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, June 27, 2014. As proposed by the state Senate in a unanimous vote, SB 729, otherwise known as the Coal Ash Management Act of 2014, is a wordy piece of legislation... Read More
A year after court strips Voting Rights Act, prospects for change
It’s been a year since a sharply divided Supreme Court declared victory in the war against voter discrimination and suppression and tossed out one of the most powerful weapons used in that battle... Read More
