2012: A Year Off Course
2012 was the year we finally admitted that, much like a ship that sails for days one degree off course, our country and our state are lost and spiritually sick. Witness the contentious gridlock in... Read More
My Spin by Tom Campbell
A New Year and a New Day
As we begin 2013, we are in many respects returning to the political past in North Carolina. Not since Reconstruction has the Republican Party held control of our executive, legislative, top court and... Read More
Improved Scores a Result of Higher Expectations
North Carolina’s efforts in improving education appear to be paying dividends. A comparative study of student achievement found our fourth and eighth grade students ranked highly with students in... Read More
The Road to Tomorrow
You cannot build a skyscraper economy on a foundation designed for a farmhouse,” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in talking about America’s infrastructure. We yearn for that bright future... Read More
Fighting for Freedom from Debt
Everyone wants to avoid the proverbial fiscal cliff that threatens us on January 1, but nobody wants to make any sacrifices to prevent it. That is totally unrealistic, as some of North Carolina’s... Read More
Six Critical Weeks
Pat McCrory ran a winning gubernatorial campaign and now faces the even larger task of governing. The decisions he makes in the next six weeks could determine the success of his administration. We... Read More
Could Mister Rogers’ neighborhood be relocated to another state?
Duke Energy’s CEO Jim Rogers issued a veiled threat to the NC Utilities Commission: if they don’t approve the 7.2 percent rate increase his company requested Duke could move their corporate... Read More
Reaching Our Full Potential
One election night television commentator proclaimed that North Carolina had long been a “red” or Republican state. True, we voted Republican for every president since Jimmy Carter, with the... Read More
