Dean Smith a true winner
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 16, 2013. Dean Smith is losing his memory. A neurological illness is nibbling deeper and deeper into the brilliant mind that revolutionized college... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Why we like polls
For all our disagreements, Carter and I agree on one thing: the value of polls. But we constantly have to explain why – and defend ourselves. Most recent was a delightful dinner discussion with a... Read More
Will history repeat itself?
The row started, oddly enough, with a single email. Which got answered. And counter answered. Then, boom, there was a full scale war of emails going on (with me watching copies flying back and forth... Read More
Today's college graduates suffer the "Curse of Great Attitudes"
The Triangle is home to arguably the largest concentration of excellent universities and research institutions in the world, so we take our college graduates seriously. A recent article in the... Read More
Blue Cross to reinstate canceled insurance policies as price increases spur outcry
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, the state’s largest insurer, will allow tens of thousands of customers to stay on lapsed health policies next year to provide relief from steep price... Read More
The health care fix that’s not really a fix
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, November 16, 2013. It’s understandable if you’ve become confused by all the Affordable Care Act fixes out there. There’s the fix to the glitchy Healthcare.gov... Read More
Tea Party at the Crossroads: Part II
by Thomas Sowell, Real Clear Politics, November 12, 2013. In opposing ObamaCare, the Tea Party took a position that increasing numbers of Americans agree with, now that ObamaCare's potential for... Read More
Reagan cut power of central government and returned it to the states
Jim Tynen, Civitas Review, November 15, 2013. Author and Reagan administration veteran Donald J. Devine yesterday reviewed how the nation got to where we are now, and provided a glimpse of how we can... Read More
Economic status biggest factor for successful students
There has been much discussion about the “gaps” in childhood educational achievement in North Carolina: gaps between previous and current test scores and gaps in black and white achievement. But... Read More
McCrory says teacher raises should come earlier
N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory said Thursday his administration is looking at many options to increase pay for public school teachers, including offering raises earlier in an educator's career as an incentive... Read More
