What important Democratic woman politician, a Wake Forest alumna, who was born in North Carolina and later moved to Florida, has gained national attention this year for her candidacy in a critical... Read More
Just in time for the new year, a new book puts modern North Carolina politics in perspective. “The Making of a Southern Democracy: North Carolina Politics from Kerr Scott to Pat McCrory,” by East... Read More
Should we look to Germany for a better way to organize our government? Our parents and grandparents from the “Greatest Generation” would be shocked at the idea that the country they fought so hard... Read More
North Carolina’s most famous missing person just will not go away. One main reason is the work of Chatham County’s Marjorie Hudson, an award-winning writer and teacher of writing. Ten years after... Read More
One Republican U.S. Senate candidate has a special additional reason to be grateful for Holshouser's example. As Thom Tillis, speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, seeks to leverage... Read More
We will not be Intimidated or Coerced by Certain Alphabetical Organizations or Committees under the Disguise of ‘Betterment of Certain Groups or Races’.” It reads like the reactions of some... Read More
Everybody in North Carolina should have heard that speech.” Someone had just heard Tom Lambeth’s recent remarks to the North Caroliniana Society, which was presenting him with its annual award... Read More
It was as if aliens had attacked and taken over the state’s university system. At least that is how upset my university friends and faculty reacted to Governor Pat McCrory’s remarks about higher... Read More
