UNC vs. N&O
This is a story guaranteed to go on a reporter’s wall – and to set teeth gnashing again in Chapel Hill. The New York Times reported on the long-running battle between UNC-Chapel Hill and The... Read More
NC Spin Articles
It's not clear state pension needs any drastic action
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, April 29, 2014. State Treasurer Janet Cowell has the same goal as state employees: maximize the size of the pension fund so that those employees will have a secure... Read More
Why the Democrats' turnout problem is worst in North Carolina
Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina seems as if she should be part of the firewall in the Democrats’ bid to retain the Senate, considering that incumbents tend to win re-election in states that are... Read More
Let's give customer service a chance to bear fruit
N.C. DENR Secretary John Skvarla has been chastised for daring to demand that his environmental regulatory programs implement a customer service model as they fulfill their mission to the public. Some... Read More
Teacher raises: Stop placing blame and fix the problem
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, April 26, 2014. Amidst reports of growing numbers of teacher resignations, Gov. Pat McCrory and legislative leaders are denying blame for the state’s unacceptably... Read More
Community Colleges: Job builders too long on a shoestring
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, April 27, 2014. With the economy rebounding, strong March employment figures and the governor declaring a “Carolina Comeback,” the General Assembly must start... Read More
NAACP speaker stresses discipline
by Michael Futch, Fayetteville Observer, April 28, 2014. The Rev. Dollie Manigo said she spoke from the heart Sunday afternoon when she told her audience at a Fayetteville branch of the NAACP function... Read More
A family doc says Medicaid reform proposals aren't good
I am a primary care physician with over 20 years experience delivering care in the Army and to North Carolina’s Medicaid population, and currently run a pediatric clinic in Burlington. Governor... Read More
NC Leaders should fight to keep Common Core
Editorial by News and Observer, April 27, 2014. In answer to the question, “What’s next?” North Carolina Republican legislators have a doozy. Having instituted voter suppression laws, ended... Read More
Brannon's not-so-firm foundation
Greg Brannon sure seemed knowledgeable about the U.S. Constitution at North Carolina’s first Republican U.S. Senate debate last week. He wielded it like a pair of nunchuks, pummeling nearly every... Read More
