The inherent tension that exists between individual liberty and the common good has played out in myriad ways for America’s schoolchildren. It’s been the fault line for everything from school... Read More
I had the opportunity to interview the two candidates for Lieutenant Governor. Clearly both candidates have thought about priorities, goals and how they can use the office for the good of North... Read More
Competition is an indispensable tool for promoting efficiency, innovation, and excellence. Its virtues are evident in virtually every field of human endeavor, including commerce, athletics, science... Read More
You don’t have to listen to the political debate in North Carolina for long before someone brings up the $2.8 billion the state owes the federal government for unemployment insurance funds the state... Read More
The physical abandonment of the Dorothea Dix campus in Raleigh is a final exclamation point on the state’s moral abandonment of the mentally ill, essentially returning us to mid-19th century... Read More
by Jeanne Milliken Bonds When Republicans took control of both North Carolina legislative chambers after the 2010 election, they advanced an agenda driven by big contributors, not good policies... Read More
In Presidential Elections, great effort is made to try to identify the voting group that will ‘make the difference’ between victory and defeat. This year, the race in North Carolina could be... Read More
The latest word from the State Board of Education is graduation rates for North Carolina are at an all-time high, 80%. Yet polls suggest confidence in public schools has declined dramatically. Let us... Read More
Giant corporations rake in big money in the corrections and detention business It’s perhaps the ultimate irony of the modern move to downsize and privatize government that two of the major ills that... Read More
RALEIGH — As Democrats and Republicans in this election year continue to debate the optimal level, type, and distribution of the tax burden, they are paying insufficient attention to what I believe... Read More
