One of the more hopeful signs in the troubling political debate in North Carolina these days comes not from the finger-pointing budget dispute in Raleigh but from Mount Airy of all places—at a... Read More
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, July 15, 2014. The North Carolina General Assembly could agree this week on a measure that would more gradually eliminate Common Core in the public schools and... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, July 16, 2014. Believe it: Gridlock in Washington can lead to gridlock right here in the Port City. And if Congress can’t get past the partisan bickering that has... Read More
In the age of Twitter, a candidate calls his opponent a “deranged, unhinged, pathological liar.” In an age of wisdom, it was written, “A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man... Read More
What’s the matter with Art Pope? If you buy the liberal spin, the answer is key to understanding why North Carolina’s GOP-controlled government can’t agree on a budget. For America’s liberals... Read More
Republican senators said Tuesday they would give teachers 8 percent rather than 11 percent raises and cut fewer elderly people from Medicaid in their latest state budget offer that moves Senate... Read More
Nearly half of North Carolina voters in the last election were born somewhere else, a fact that is particularly evident in fast growing metropolitan areas such as the Triangle. That likely means that... Read More
m told that while there is no firmly established gift tradition for a 28th anniversary, the modern practice is to signify the event with an orchid. Well, this month marks the 28th anniversary of the... Read More
What is it about our sports teams that possesses us so? Brazil’s soccer team loses in the World Cup, and a nation plunges into despair, mourning and an angry orgy of recrimination. A national... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, July 14, 2014. Two weeks into the new fiscal year, the N.C. General Assembly seems no closer to passing a revised state budget than it was before legislators... Read More
