Liberty Valance
The Old Bull Mooses walked into a meeting with the House to wrangle over the state budget but before they could fire a shot the House’s lead wrangler, Nelson Dollar, threw them a curve ball: He... Read More
NC Spin Articles
A list for McCrory and lawmakers to build on
One of the more hopeful signs in the troubling political debate in North Carolina these days comes not from the finger-pointing budget dispute in Raleigh but from Mount Airy of all places—at a... Read More
Replacing Common Core
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, July 15, 2014. The North Carolina General Assembly could agree this week on a measure that would more gradually eliminate Common Core in the public schools and... Read More
Roads need a reliable funding source and solution-oriented politicians
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, July 16, 2014. Believe it: Gridlock in Washington can lead to gridlock right here in the Port City. And if Congress can’t get past the partisan bickering that has... Read More
Proverbs for politicians: How to serve others with wisdom
In the age of Twitter, a candidate calls his opponent a “deranged, unhinged, pathological liar.” In an age of wisdom, it was written, “A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man... Read More
Budget battle exposes caricatures of Art Pope for what they are: false
What’s the matter with Art Pope? If you buy the liberal spin, the answer is key to understanding why North Carolina’s GOP-controlled government can’t agree on a budget. For America’s liberals... Read More
Senate moves closer to House positions in budget talks
Republican senators said Tuesday they would give teachers 8 percent rather than 11 percent raises and cut fewer elderly people from Medicaid in their latest state budget offer that moves Senate... Read More
NC Voters reflect demographic shift
Nearly half of North Carolina voters in the last election were born somewhere else, a fact that is particularly evident in fast growing metropolitan areas such as the Triangle. That likely means that... Read More
Plant the seed for fruitful debate
m told that while there is no firmly established gift tradition for a 28th anniversary, the modern practice is to signify the event with an orchid. Well, this month marks the 28th anniversary of the... Read More
It's all in the game
What is it about our sports teams that possesses us so? Brazil’s soccer team loses in the World Cup, and a nation plunges into despair, mourning and an angry orgy of recrimination. A national... Read More
