The whitewashing of America continues
It will take all of us raising our voices to say, enough! This is not the America most of us want. Most of us are immigrants, half of us are women, thirty or forty percent of us are brown or Black. Read More
Balanced Debate For The Old North State.
My Spin by Tom Campbell
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We'e giving in instead of digging inNorth Carolina has abandoned its long-held quest for excellence in education and is now content to dumb down and give up on that dream. Read More |
Swing voters aren’t necessarily ticket-splitters
Split-ticket voters, denotes a subset of swing voters who, in any given election don’t just choose between the red team and the blue team but treat each race as an independent contest. Read More
The power of the cellphone citizen journalist
The world is watching and ordinary citizens with cellphones are there to record and report what is taking place in real time. Read More
Donald Trump debases what it means to be an American
If America is no longer defined by democracy, by striving to meet the bold promises of the Declaration of Independence, what are we as a people? What are we now to be? Read More
The end of pretense
The economic motive of big-time college sports is fully exposed while institutional oversight has disappeared. University presidents and boards remain on the sidelines while it implodes. Read More
North Carolinians want to choose their public school
The school choice program with the highest level of support was open enrollment. Open enrollment would allow students to transfer from their assigned public school to another public school of their choice, within their district, on a first-come, first-served basis, provided there is space. Read More
NC school choice: Growth comes with challenges
Articles suggest the public trusts Republicans more than Democrats to address education issues, especially parental choice. Read More
Cooper on the road to Washington
If Trump wasn't sucking all the oxygen out of the daily news cycle Roy Cooper's fundraising results would have stunned all who follow politics. Read More
What's the best Tax?
In North Carolina, there’s been a gradual reduction in the State income tax rate, thereby shifting more dependence for revenues to the State sales tax. Read More
A Blunder…
The ground is shifting beneath our feet. And it looks like, before long, we’ll have two more nations packing nuclear weapons. Read More
Abolish ICE?
People thought Democrats were too soft on illegal immigration. Now they think Trump is too harsh. Read More
Reforming SNAP is a fiscal necessity JOHN HOOD JANUARY 26, 2026
North Carolina may be forced to increase spending on SNAP by more than $500 million more in order to continue to participate in the program. Read More
Senator Tillis steps up again
Thom Tillis knows what's right...but has often done what's wrongQ Read More
So what is the big deal with Greenland anyway?
Greenland has a population not much larger than Chapel Hill spread across a vast and often cold and desolate landscape. Greenland may be one of those important hinge points in history people need to take seriously Read More
North Carolina’s economy has boomed. Why hasn’t its median income?
Warm weather and low taxes alone driving growth but those advantages alone are not going to deliver prosperity. Read More
Why NC has become America’s permanent battleground
North Carolina is not a battleground because of any single candidate or trend, but because its recent history has taught political actors that it is always close enough to matter. Read More
Let's get real
250 years of the American experiment are being tested against the resolve of the citizenry, and the courage of a Congress. Read More
Economic growth brings lifestyle change
As North Carolinians react to today’s changes, many will need to seek out new opportunities, learn new skills, and relocate to other places. Read More
Fruit of the imperial presidency
There’s nothing like a little saber-rattling to make a tyrant want to wake up in the morning and start plotting and planning on what else he can grab that rightfully belongs to other folks. Read More
Dems leading polls on Generic R vs. D congressional ballot
The party establishment and the drive-by media don’t want people to know primaries are coming in March. Read More
Been thinking 'bout.....Venezuelan oil
The US needs to try to find a way to put some money from resource extraction (oil) in the pocket of every Venezuelan. Read More
What backfired?
People who voted for Trump started voting against Republicans. Republicans started losing elections. Read More
Questions for America's 250th
Will Trump accept an election that sweeps out Republicans and puts Democrats in charge of Congress? Read More
Liberty and generosity form virtuous circle
Freedom, human development, compassion, and other important values form a virtuous circle. Read More
Congressman Pat Harrigan wants to return North Carolina to the 1880s
Scapegoating cities for the flaws in America is a common trope in populist rhetoric that reveals little of the truth and few solutions for the suffering small town. Read More
