Editorial by Burlington Times-News, August 11, 2014. Too often in America today events meet the lowered expectations of our more cynical natures. Case in point, this statement last week by University... Read More
Over lunch Mickey and Minnie were talking about Governor McCrory’s statement last week on the influx of child immigrants from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. Mickey was outraged. “McCrory... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, August 12, 2014. On the day the state Senate adopted the budget, Jeff Jackson from Charlotte stood to debate the bill. He complained that the 260-page spending... Read More
There appears to be some confusion and displeasure about a provision that changes the way that budget writers construct the education budget. The issue boils down to when and where to include... Read More
This news article about changes to NC's film industry tax credit program not only highlights the obvious, but illustrates how ridiculous progressive liberals sound when they try to argue against... Read More
By now, you've probably heard that the $21 billion state budget for 2014-15 gives teachers raises and doesn't cut thousands of people off of Medicaid, as once proposed. But the budget, signed last... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, August 8, 2014. About a month ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released figures about how states are faring five years after the end of the Great Recession. To... Read More
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, August 10, 2014. Make no mistake. State Attorney General Roy Cooper never liked North Carolina’s constitutional amendment that opposes gay marriage. Passed... Read More
Critics of the Republican-led General Assembly allege that the teacher-pay raise included in this year’s state budget could have been implemented in a much simpler fashion: by giving across-the... Read More
We can agree, all of us, on this: It's our distinct good fortune that the Bonner Bridge is still standing. OK, maybe there are a few folks out on Hatteras Island who'd like it to really be an island... Read More
