That Republicans express disdain for the Democratic Party is not unexpected. That they refuse to refer to it by its proper name, instead calling it the “Democrat Party,” is just rather childish... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, June 26, 2014. Gov. Pat McCrory’s fellow Republicans have finally carried him to a victory. But it’s a dubious one, that of privatizing economic development... Read More
by Mark Binker, WRAL, June 26, 2014. The missing element in budget negotiations between the state Senate, Gov. Pat McCrory and the House seems to be trust. Senators don't trust what they see as rosy... Read More
While much of the renewable energy conversation is focused on solar and wind, most of North Carolina’s residents would be surprised to learn of the huge potential we have to turn our waste into... Read More
by Phil Berger, Senate President Pro Tem, published in News and Observer, June 26, 2014. In response to the June 21 Point of View “ A moral budget for North Carolina” by Rev. William Barber... Read More
For just a brief moment there, it looked as though Gov. Pat McCrory was siding with – rather than sticking it to – struggling Tar Heels. Sure, Gov. McCrory rejected, the first chance he got and... Read More
A four-hour span of political theater Thursday illustrated the lingering divide among Republican legislative leaders on how to rework the state’s $21 billion budget. Senators started the morning... Read More
Art Pope is a master of manipulation. Despite being the true political boss of North Carolina — the one that Gov. Pat McCroy, House Speaker Thom Tillis, and Senate leader Phil Berger take their... Read More
Perhaps the most important speech of North Carolina’s new Republican era was made nearly three years ago by GOP U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, arguably the state’s leading political voice of business... Read More
To quote Slim Pickens in Blazing Saddles, “What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here?” What is politics coming to when a deeply conservative Deep South Senator rallies black... Read More
