With Thanksgiving and Christmas break quickly approaching, it is a good time to revisit a recurring problem that affects many of the 1.5 million public school children in North Carolina: the K... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, November 7, 2013. If you’re a parent, you’ll probably recognize this moment: Your child brings home a test score that’s lower than expected. A lot lower. You... Read More
Not too long ago, North Carolina Republicans competed effectively with Democrats in urban elections. In fact, there was a moment in the 1990s — a fleeting moment, as it turned out — when the... Read More
What a difference a few weeks make. When congressional conservatives and Tea Party Patriots fought to delay Obamacare’s individual mandate during the debate over the partial government shutdown... Read More
The poor Tea Partiers are finding the Republican Establishment in Washington harder to keep ahold of than a greased pig – they cornered the elusive rascals, trying to defund Obamacare, but then the... Read More
PPP's newest Republican primary poll for 2016 finds essentially a four way tie at the top of the pack. Chris Christie and Rand Paul both get 16%, followed by Ted Cruz at 15%, and Jeb Bush at 14%. Paul... Read More
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, November 5, 2013. The Republican-led state legislature should take a lesson from the botched rollout of Obamacare when crafting education policy. Rushing... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 6, 2013. When Lt. Gov. Dan Forest walked into his new offices for the first time, in January, his senses were apparently assaulted on two fronts. As an... Read More
by Rob Christensen, News and Observer, November 6, 2013. State Treasurer Janet Cowell has been named to Sovereign Wealth Fund's Public Investor 100 list for 2013. Cowell was ranked 21st, the second... Read More
At the precise moment I heard that longtime Republican strategist Jack Hawke had finally lost his battle with cancer, I was editing a book chapter about the 1984 race for North Carolina’s governor... Read More
