Fade to black on our state's film industry?
Editorial by The Time-News, September 26, 2014. Will Pat McCrory be remembered as the governor who killed the film industry in North Carolina? It could be, if the film community’s most dire... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Jails and prisons not equipped to care for mentally ill
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, September 26, 2014. Unthinkable. Inhumane. How could this have happened? There should be no shortage of outrage over the revelation that a mentally ill prisoner in... Read More
Numbers say Tillis is likely to defeat Kay Hagan
This is an update of my January 10, 2014 report titled, North Carolina’s U.S. Senate Race: Numbers Say Republican Thom Tillis is Likely to Upset Kay Hagan. From the January 10 report: No North... Read More
The free and fastest way to strengthen public schools: establish discipline
Listing reasons why public schools can seem ineffective these days can be overwhelming: not enough money, too much testing, crowded classrooms, Common Core curriculum, bad teachers, uninvolved parents... Read More
Ken Burns got FDR and Josephus Daniels' relationship wrong
When Franklin D. Roosevelt, the rich, arrogant New Yorker, first met the only boss he would ever have, Raleigh’s Josephus Daniels, he was not impressed. “When I first knew him,” FDR wrote, “he... Read More
Let's show real respect for teachers
Earlier this year, I called for a state commitment to raise teacher pay to the national average in the next four years. It was a bold proposal, but that’s what leaders do. Since that time, teachers... Read More
2015 Budget undermines NC's competitiveness
Editorial by NC Budget and Tax Center, September 26, 2014. A new report from the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center finds that the 2015 state budget, enacted by the General Assembly and signed by... Read More
McCrory: We need fewer lawyers, fewer journalists and more truck drivers
Gov. Pat McCrory on Thursday said that North Carolina needs fewer journalists and lawyers and more truck drivers and technical workers as he unveiled his “1,000 in 100” work force development... 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
Licensing boards
In October, the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in on a dispute between the Federal Trade Commission and the N.C. State Board of Dental Examiners over just who is capable of whitening teeth. The FTC... Read More
