Optimistic on teacher pay
Churchill once said, “I am an optimist. It does not seem much use to be anything else.” I think of that quote often, when asked about how I feel about what is happening in our state capital, and... Read More
NC Spin Articles
McCrory chides Senate leaders
Republican Gov. Pat McCrory stood by his threatened veto of a Senate budget bill during a Charlotte radio interview Monday and compared GOP Senate leaders to past Democratic leaders Marc Basnight and... Read More
Poets piqued over way Gov. McCrory chose NC laureate
Gov. Pat McCrory’s failure to follow protocol in selecting the new poet laureate of North Carolina has thrown the typically peace-loving literary community into a furor of what some might call epic... Read More
Another step closer to justice
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, July 13, 2014. Orlando Hudson, chief resident Superior Court judge in Durham, believes that the conviction of Darryl Anthony Howard 19 years ago for two murders and... Read More
N.C. Voter laws should be blocked
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, July 12, 2014. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder said last week that he will take time to consider the arguments offered about changes to the state’s voter... Read More
A budget deal at 7-Eleven
Two weeks after the start of the 2014-15 fiscal year, the North Carolina House and Senate still haven’t reached an agreement on adjusting the state budget. If you’ve been around the General... Read More
Medicaid muddle
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 13, 2014. Medicaid is too important and expensive not to get right. North Carolina leaders are set to make changes in Medicaid delivery — but they don’t... Read More
McCrory-Berger strain hobbles the budget process
Editorial by News and Observer, July 12, 2014. It’s unknown what the final state budget will look like, but two things are certain: It will include a surplus of bitterness and a deficit of trust... Read More
Can reason reclaim the GOP?
The calls come sporadically, but their message is consistent. They’re calls from exasperated conservatives. What they ask for is “balance” in our editorials, but what they really want is... Read More
Only women should negotiate the state budget
Having covered North Carolina legislatures since the 1970s, I have come to the conclusion that budget negotiations could be resolved much more quickly with one simple solution. No one should be... Read More
