Too much salt
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, June 26, 2014. Americans eat too much salt. In fact, we eat on average about a third more than the government recommends. We eat so much, in fact, that we are... Read More
NC Spin Articles
N.C. Republicans popular
Gov. Pat McCrory and the GOP-led state legislature are at odds over the budget, Medicaid reform, Common Core, and other issues. Conservatives are disappointed with the McCrory administration’s... Read More
On budgets, business and Reconstruction
You have got to be kidding. • The Republican legislature is being criticized for its “dismal state of governance” because it will not have a budget ready by July 1, the beginning of the fiscal... Read More
N.C. Colleges need to curb tuition hikes
Article IX, Section 9, of the N.C. Constitution reads, “The General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of The University of North Carolina and other public institutions of higher education, as... Read More
Old-fashioned back room politics?
The other day while I was having lunch with one of Raleigh’s Democratic wizards he said, You know a lot of people believe the Senate Republican Caucus has captured the Chamber of Commerce and... Read More
The difference between liberals and conservatives
After a lifetime of observing politics, I’ve discovered the basic difference between liberals and conservatives. “Liberals think everything should be free; conservatives don’t want to pay for... Read More
Coal ash reversal
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 28, 2014. The state Senate’s coal ash bill creates a new regulatory authority that will supervise a massive waste-disposal effort for at least the next... Read More
Spaulding accuses Democratic Party chair of dismissing him
by Winston-Salem Chronicle, June 26, 2014. Ken Spaulding, a former member of the N.C. House of Representative, and others are upset about N.C. Democratic Party Chairman Randy Voller’s seeming... Read More
New teacher plan better than others
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, June 27, 2014. N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory and pal-for-the-day House Speaker Thom Tillis have at least figured out that optics matter. In rolling out their mini-budget with... Read More
The battle over UNC in 2014
One of the more interesting political battles in 2014 might come over state funding for the university system and calls for more tuition hikes to replace the deep budget cuts made in the last three... Read More
