Facts, not fiction on Common Core
I was on the edge of my seat, waiting and hoping for a Candy Crowley moment in the first TV debate Tuesday of the front-running Republican candidates for Kay Hagan’s U.S. Senate seat. In the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The state of the Senate race II
A few weeks ago, I wrote that partisan control of the U.S. Senate may well be determined here in North Carolina, where Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan suffers from low job-approval ratings and a... Read More
Narrowcasting
Watching the Republican Senate debate, it would not have been surprising if all four candidates had sworn that the earth is flat. Because they went right over the edge. You saw four candidates who... Read More
Mayor Governor McCrory
Pat McCrory has been Governor of North Carolina for 15 months now but he still doesn’t seem to have a handle on the position. He does have one part of the job down. McCrory is always headed... Read More
The smell test
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 24, 2014. Tracing the trail of a truck hauling trash isn’t so hard if it leaks. Although it could turn one’s stomach. The Solid Waste Management Reform... Read More
Blog post blurts out the truth
In the wake of a whistleblower resigning (translation: being pushed in front of a bus) from the University of North Carolina, one political observer provides a revealing look at the mindset of the... Read More
Republican US Senate candidates negative about everything, even each other
Editorial by News and Observer, April 23, 2014. It is a grim bunch, this group of North Carolina Republicans vying for the United States Senate seat now held by Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan. In a debate... Read More
Judge gives teachers victory in tenure battle
A Guilford County judge on Wednesday halted a requirement that North Carolina school districts offer a quarter of their teachers multi-year contracts as an enticement for them to give up their so... Read More
No breakout performance at second GOP Senate debate
Political experts say the Republicans who want a shot at taking on Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan in November still haven’t done much to distinguish themselves from one another. And that’s after... Read More
Tarred Heels
UNC-Chapel Hill just can’t get out of the academic fraud tar pit. The harder the school struggles, the stickier it gets. First UNC got a new chancellor. Then a new vice chancellor for... Read More
