Numbers
Three eye-catching and eye-popping numbers jumped out of the paper lately – numbers that truly tell a story. 990. That’s how many dollars an hour the latest expert is being paid to give us the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
What UNC's Poverty Center was hiding
A public records request filed by the Civitas Institute confirms that the UNC Poverty Center continues to use publicly funded resources for blatantly political activities in ways that are... Read More
Change the way NC awards software contracts
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, March 3, 2014. Department of Motor Vehicles computers that handle inspection reports aren't working correctly. The system is delaying or losing tens of thousands of... Read More
Are the Democrats getting too liberal?
The recent polarization of American politics has been far more obvious on the right than the left. The emergence of the tea party movement and its influence in Congress has brought to the fore... Read More
NC Teachers revolt against trading tenure for bonuses
Editorial by News and Observer, March 4, 2014. There are indications that some boards of education in North Carolina may take lawmakers to school over attempts to get teachers to trade their tenure... Read More
Nesbitt steps down as NC Senate Democrat's leader
by Associated Press, published in Asheville Citizen-Times, March 4, 2014. North Carolina state Sen. Martin Nesbitt of Asheville has stepped down as the Senate’s minority leader because of a recent... Read More
Art Pope rejects UNC System's budget proposal
by Jane Stancill, News and Observer, March 4, 2014. Art Pope, the state budget director, has kicked the UNC system’s budget proposal back to the Board of Governors for a rewrite, saying it “simply... Read More
2014 elections should focus on freedom
And so it begins again. Filing is over, and the 2014 election cycle is off and running. North Carolinians will elect a U.S. senator and 13 U.S. representatives to serve in Washington. We will elect... Read More
Insurance companies as we know them are about to die
Americans hate health insurance companies. They are easy targets for everyone to beat up on. When premiums go up, we blame insurance companies; we do not blame the underlying hospitals or physicians... Read More
Elon Poll: Hagan's numbers continue to slide
Only one-third of North Carolina registered voters approve of Sen. Kay Hagan's job performance, her lowest rating in a year, according to the latest Elon University Poll. Hagan was the only politician... Read More
