Course correction
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 18, 2014. Who could have guessed that Pat McCrory might be the governor who gets coal ash ponds cleaned up? The former Duke Energy employee didn’t run on a... Read More
NC Spin Articles
UNC's Nichol not the only professor fighting academic freedom battle
Gene Nichol, former dean of UNC’s law school and now a professor there, might have a valid complaint. An outspoken column last October led UNC’s administrators to rap his knuckles. They asked him... Read More
NC poor would be better served with more light, less heat from Nichol
by Michael Jacobs, Jacobs Capital and UNC Kenan-Flagler School of Business, published in News and Observer, April 17, 2014. It is widely known that Professor Gene Nichol, who runs the Center on... Read More
'Alarming increase' in teacher resignations
Teacher resignations have increased by an “alarming” 41 percent this school year, Wake County school leaders said Thursday, in a development they said makes it harder to keep high-quality... Read More
Charlotte Observer editorial offers its own "education in politics"
I am not surprised that the Charlotte Observer editorial staff is attacking the Republican chairs of the North Carolina Educator Effectiveness and Compensation Task Force, Rep. Rob Bryan and Sen... Read More
Oregon Inlet shoaling problems
The imminent start of the charter fishing season finds boat owners and local officials hoping for a literal change in the wind to open the sand-clogged Oregon Inlet anytime soon. But long-range... Read More
Time for N&O to get back in 'No Spin Zone'
Editorial by Greenville Headlines, Inner Banks Media, April 16, 2014. No matter what you think of the efforts of the Republican leadership in North Carolina, they deserve to have their message... Read More
The 'Good Motives' litmus test for public records
In the latest development in Civitas' quest to pry public records out of the University of North Carolina, Dean Jack Boger of the UNC Law School was recently quoted as saying: “The open records... Read More
Isn't it time to retire the race card?
One approaches the race fray with trepidation, but here we go, tippy-toe. The race cards have been flying so fast and furious lately, one can hardly tell the kings from the queens. Leading the weird... Read More
Teacher task force got an education in politics
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, April 16, 2014. As a veteran state representative, Mecklenburg’s Tricia Cotham was encouraged by the first meeting of a legislative task force on teacher pay in... Read More
