A good timeout
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 25, 2014. The Guilford County school board’s opposition to a teacher contract law was vindicated, at least temporarily, Wednesday by a veteran judge who... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Committee recommends replacing Common Core
A state legislative commission proposed Thursday that North Carolina drop the Common Core and replace it with a new set of learning standards for public schools. A draft bill replaces the Common Core... Read More
The color-blind Supreme Court
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, April 23, 2014. Does race still matter? It’s a question that was at the heart of the Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday allowing Michigan voters to ban affirmative... Read More
Facts, not fiction on Common Core
I was on the edge of my seat, waiting and hoping for a Candy Crowley moment in the first TV debate Tuesday of the front-running Republican candidates for Kay Hagan’s U.S. Senate seat. In the... Read More
The state of the Senate race II
A few weeks ago, I wrote that partisan control of the U.S. Senate may well be determined here in North Carolina, where Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan suffers from low job-approval ratings and a... Read More
Narrowcasting
Watching the Republican Senate debate, it would not have been surprising if all four candidates had sworn that the earth is flat. Because they went right over the edge. You saw four candidates who... Read More
Mayor Governor McCrory
Pat McCrory has been Governor of North Carolina for 15 months now but he still doesn’t seem to have a handle on the position. He does have one part of the job down. McCrory is always headed... Read More
The smell test
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 24, 2014. Tracing the trail of a truck hauling trash isn’t so hard if it leaks. Although it could turn one’s stomach. The Solid Waste Management Reform... Read More
Blog post blurts out the truth
In the wake of a whistleblower resigning (translation: being pushed in front of a bus) from the University of North Carolina, one political observer provides a revealing look at the mindset of the... Read More
Republican US Senate candidates negative about everything, even each other
Editorial by News and Observer, April 23, 2014. It is a grim bunch, this group of North Carolina Republicans vying for the United States Senate seat now held by Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan. In a debate... Read More
