Opening the door to polio
Public health in the US is not what it should be or could be, but we need serious people for serious jobs. I'm not sure that's what we are getting. Read More
Balanced Debate For The Old North State.
My Spin by Tom Campbell
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A day of reckoning for North Carolina DemocratsDemocrats won a few key elections in November, but the reality is they have lost and continue to lose ground statewide. Read More |
To make homes more affordable, build!
The rise of unnecessary and onerous permitting has contributed to housing shortages and housing unaffordability across the country. Read More
The ghosts of H. L. Mencken and Dr. King
Trump and his minions aren't just satisfied with taking part in the government; they aren’t satisfied until they actually take government apart. Read More
As housing needs grow, rural communities look to the state for funding, expertise
More than one million households in North Carolina are housing cost-burdened, meaning they spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing. Read More
How H-1B visas affect North Carolina
H1-B visa holders are paid 60 percent of the local median salary and take jobs from Americans. At the least they should receive the same pay. Read More
Panama and North Carolina politics--again
Many remember the ads urging the US not to giveaway the Panama Canal. Today's news reminds us of that time. Read More
Stein vetoes, Democrats’ response could help shape NC policy
Republicans are one vote short of having a supermajority in our legislature. How will they and our new governor choose to work together? Read More
Justice denied
Democrats have failed to meet the moment or understand the political environment. Justice delayed is justice denied. Read More
The past, never past, just keeps repeating itself
If Trump turns thumbs down on Tillis in the primary, Tillis loses. However, Trump endorsed candidates didn't fare well in general elections. Read More
Stein’s party lines
The victims of Hurricane Helene didn't give a whit about the political party registration of the person helping them. Both parties have worked together to help. Read More
Central planning fails in health care
Permission? Authorization? Central planning? Doesn’t sound much like free enterprise, especially in health care. Read More
Who should Democrats nominate in 2028?
Democrats candidates have tended to reflect, professionally and ideologically, the preferences of elite actors in politics and academia who despise populists and wish to reassert control of the political system by credentialed administrators. Read More
David Rouzer: STILL Congress’s Wizard of Wall Street
For years it has been the belief that congressmen and senators are benefiting from insider information in making investments. It should be stopped. Read More
GOP Judge Jefferson Griffin’s election case targets people who voted early
Griffin believes he can win the election if the votes are tossed. Would those with complete data be treated differently from ballots that do not? Read More
To honor his conservative judicial philosophy, Griffin should concede
What Griffin is asking the court to do amounts to special pleading on the basis of an interpretation of what Griffin thinks the rules ought to be. Read More
Is there still a place for goodness?
Goodness is a blessing sown into us at creation. This is not a political issue. Goodness is an issue of character and integrity. Read More
How fiction can illuminate and inspire
Four H's, F's and W's help the reader with the author's history and fantasy books. Read More
Goodbye Jimmy from Georgia
Today we wouldn't elect Jimmy Carter, because we no longer appreciate his kind of decency and honesty or have time for his small town Plains, Georgia kind of folksy-ism. Read More
Welcome to the Gulf of America
The incoming president plans lots of changes. Read More
Revere our teachers
Our teachers and coaches care for our children in ways that extend far, far beyond the classroom and they teach not just classroom lessons, but abiding life lessons. Read More
End North Carolina’s franchise tax to spur growth
North Carolina is one of only 15 states that still impose a franchise tax, a yearly tax on any business’s net worth, based on its assets minus liabilities, Read More
Who is the most famous North Carolinian today?
A man who grew up in the "sticks" of Granville County was the man most responsible for leading us to the moon. Read More
Finding a genius
Trump thinks he has found a genius to whip the next plague: Bobby Kennedy. Read More
Inaugural punch
Governor Stein will set a common ground with Republicans, but he should state they are the greatest threat facing North Carolina. Read More
What does it take to get ahead?
‘getMy parents’ definition for getting ahead was not getting rich, but meant earning enough to support yourself and dependents without substantial debt. Read More
