Careful About Legitimacy Claims
Is the state government of North Carolina illegitimate? Based on the volume of emails and Facebook messages I’ve received lately, liberal politicians and organizations are shopping the idea that the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The Decline of North Carolina
New York Times editorial, July 9, 2013. Every Monday since April, thousands of North Carolina residents have gathered at the State Capitol to protest the grotesque damage that a new Republican... Read More
Where Do You Stand, Pat?
Governor McCrory’s waffling on the abortion bill recalls the old mountaineer who listened to a slick politician give a long-winded, on-the-one-hand, on-the-other-hand answer to a tough issue... Read More
A Tribute to Modern Politics
Up in Virginia they’re locked into a donnybrook of a Governor’s race – the Republican candidate’s saying the Democratic candidate’s a hypocrite and a poor family man and a threat to every... Read More
Redistricting Legal, But Not Fair to Voters
Editorial from The Charlotte Observer, July 9, 2013. Of the 170 seats in the N.C. General Assembly, only 10 percent – 17 seats – are considered competitive. Six are in the House, four in the... Read More
McCrory’s semantic gymnastics around his promises
Governor Pat McCrory didn’t offer many specifics during his campaign for governor but he was clear about a few things. Two of them were that he supported an overhaul of the state tax code that was... Read More
Shooting the Reasonable Fellow
Colon Willoughby, the District Attorney, is catching it from all sides. Faced with the chore of prosecuting hundreds of ‘Moral Monday’ demonstrators, Willoughby suggested to the protestors they... Read More
Can Tillis Duplicate Holshouser's Singular Victory?
One Republican U.S. Senate candidate has a special additional reason to be grateful for Holshouser's example. As Thom Tillis, speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, seeks to leverage... Read More
Redistricting Ruling No Surprise
No one should have been surprised that three Superior Court Judges upheld the congressional and legislative districts drawn in 2011. The unanimous ruling stated that the NAACP, a former legislator and... Read More
Bad process, bad bill
Editorial in the Durham Herald-Sun, Thursday, July 4, 2013 One state government leader, reflecting on the State Senate’s surprise attack on abortion rights this week, summed it up perfectly in our... Read More
