A committee of the California Senate recently not only talked about economic inequality – everybody’s doing that – but actually did something about it. By a 5-to-2 vote, it recommended to the... Read More
On a recent flawless Saturday that beckoned any sensible person to stroll, play, work or lounge outdoors, more than 50 diligent souls crammed into a windowless conference room in downtown Raleigh... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, May 3, 2014. It seems a proposed bill for open enrollment in N.C. public schools was inspired by – and perhaps copied from – draft legislation from a national... Read More
North Carolina’s Republican Senate primary was supposed to be, in the words of candidate Mark Harris, “a battle for the hearts and soul of the North Carolina GOP,” and maybe even the national... Read More
You wouldn’t necessarily know it from the media coverage but Thursday was an amazing day for health care in North Carolina. Data released by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services shows... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, May 3, 2014. Republican Congressman Robert Pittenger from Charlotte takes a careful, conservative and reasonable position on illegal immigration. First, secure our... Read More
1. A new study of its effects, published by the John Locke Foundation with the assistance of the Massachusetts-based Beacon Hill Institute, shows that the average household at every income level... Read More
The political debate over the Common Core State Standards is more riddled with ironies and myths than any issue I have been involved with in 50 years. These standards are a set of clear, consistent... Read More
I am deeply concerned about the recent draft legislation regarding the Common Core State Standards released by the legislature’s Committee on Common Core State Standards. The standards are based on... Read More
Farmers in North Carolina are slightly older and a little scarcer than they were a few years ago, according to a new census released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday. Agriculture... Read More
