Don't act as if we didn't see it
The recent Caribbean homicide was unclassified and unclassy. Don't try to tell us that what we saw wasn't what happened. Read More
Balanced Debate For The Old North State.
My Spin by Tom Campbell
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Is Berger the Grinch who stole Christmas?Thousands of teachers and state employees face increased costs and no pay raises because the Grinch doesn't care about their plight. Read More |
Washington can’t come to the rescue
A recent report says that North Carolina needs to spend $120 billion in water, stormwater, and sewer systems but Washington can't and won't pick up much of the exenditure. Read More
Governed by fraud, led by liars
Trump 2.0 has recruited incompetent, but loyal sycophants who would lie, cheat, steal and yes, it turns out, even kill for him. Read More
Corporate subsidies and taxpayer risk
In a time where we have an escalating federal deficit and competing state budget priorities, incentives programs should, at a minimum, face increased public reporting on state and county agreements, audits on company performance, and clawback provisions for companies that fail to deliver. Read More
Give 'em Hell, Harry
What would Truman say about Trump? Read More
Two bags of cash
Do we live in an era when bribes to a politician should be prosecuted? Read More
Cherish our free state of North Carolina
North Carolina policymakers can and should work together to improve the quality of public services such as education and the courts, promote innovation in health care and transportation, and foster stable families and safe communities. Read More
The NC Supreme Court’s inexplicable, historic silence on Leandro
The court has been silent 650 days since hearing oral arguments in the Leandro case. They must be having a hard time deciding what damage to inflict on our public schools.. Read More
GOP senator: Berger will sacrifice GOP majority to save himself
Read for yourself the three page letter Amy Galey left Berger's opponent for re-election. Read More
NC’s educator pipeline: Urgent need for state action
North Carolina continues to fall short in preparing, hiring, and retaining educators of color. 57.2% of North Carolina’s public school students identified as students of color, while 29.4% of the state’s educators are nonwhite. Read More
Meditations on the divine will
Instead of asking what side God is on, we should be asking are we on God's side? Read More
Reduced to groveling
After a poll revealed his opponent had a huge lead over him, Berger's team put on a full court press for Trump's endorsement. Read More
Old NC map battle helped kill latest congressional complaint
The Supreme Court found that the Fourteenth Amendment provided no manageable standards to judge when consideration of partisanship went too far. Read More
In the presence of holiness
Vacuums of leadership are readily filled with leaders who either think they can do better than the guy before them or those who seek power for power’s sake and run the ship like pirates and thugs. Read More
Independent audits serve the public interest
The retirement of the head of the Government Accountability Office touched off a turf war between Congress and the Trump administration, which acts independently. Read More
Sick obsession
Trump's obsession of blaming Biden for everything is wearing thin....even with Republicans. Read More
Should you be smiling or frowning about 2026?
We are entering 2026 with a large amount of uncertainty, and businesses and investors don’t like uncertainty because it makes it more difficult for them to plan and anticipate the future. Read More
NC House Speaker: The House is holding the line for a better budget
Where the House plan diverges from both the Senate and the governor is in how to strengthen education long term. Read More
The new fascism in the house
North Carolina Republicans have broadly become moral ghosts in the Trump age. They are embarrassed perhaps. But they remain utterly, permanently and completely submissive. Read More
A deadly cloud
Our grandfathers and great-grandfathers inherited an old blessing and passed it down across generations: The gift of character – the virtue to tell right from wrong. Read More
Fatal folly
Old men and women make decisions. Young people suffer from them. Read More
Liberating nurses won’t harm patients
By removing restrictions on what services nurse practitioners can perform there is no evidence that patient care will suffer. Read More
Independents are worth the shot
They might be able to win in districts where Democrats can't. First, they have to get on the ballot. Read More
It’s On !!! (Berger & Page file for marquee March showdown. )
A State Senate race might well overshadow the race for the US Senate in the 2026 election. Read More
