House Bill 1232
In North Carolina abortion is already severely restricted. House Bill 1232 would ban all abortion and “classify the procedure as first degree murder.” Read More
Balanced Debate For The Old North State.
My Spin by Tom Campbell
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Do we want more people to vote or not?Republicans want more people to vote. They just want THEIR people to vote. Read More |
Standardized tests convey crucial data
The latest student test scores continue the reality that too many children are, in fact, being left behind. Read More
That championship weekend!
Right now we can use a common bond of happiness that will, even for a little while, salve the everyday gloom all of us experience coming from an out-of-control president. Read More
Tax cutters looking for ways to raise taxes
New taxes are on the horizon because Republicans have successfully “starved the beast” of state government. The term “starve the beast” refers to a strategy of deliberately cutting government revenue in order to force spending cuts. Read More
Here’s an alternative to UNC’s charade of ‘institutional neutrality’
Is there such a thing as institutional neutrality? Read More
The most expensive paint job in CMS
When government schools and their employees believe they can punish disfavored or inconvenient speech, they put fundamental rights and taxpayers at risk. Read More
How good is the job market?
The job market reflects the strength of businesses and the strength of the job market is key to the economic wellbeing of most households. Read More
A Canary in the coal mine
This election, Independents are switching sides and voting for the Democrat in states like Ohio. Read More
Whatley, Cooper and the Canes
Too many politicians try too hard to do: pretend to be a normal person, then prove they aren't. Read More
Fighting fraud is a high priority
Just ending waste, fraud and abuse in government spending won't resolve our fiscal crisis. Read More
Been thinking about credit cards
What once was a cost of doing business may now be passed on to you as an added fee. Read More
BOTTOM LINE WITH BRAD: Having difficult conversations
Remember that success, or lack of success in an endeavor, is not a referendum on someone’s worth. Read More
The relentless assault on democracy
Ever since they took control of the legislature, Republicans have been stacking the deck in elections. Read More
Just because it’s a bill, doesn’t mean it’s being considered
When a bill gets sent to the Rules Committee you know it is going to die. Read More
Letter to the man in the truck
Speak into the lies and ugliness. It gets easier the more we do it Read More
Cost curve bends, but not enough
Medical spending in the US as a share of gross domestic product was 15% lower than projected 14 years earlier, and indeed was only “marginally higher” than in 2010. Read More
An open letter to journalist Scott Pelley
Pelley said, “There is no democracy without journalism!” Read More
North Carolina's ongoing public education crisis
North Carolina is among the bottom of states in public k-12 spending as a share of state taxpayer income. Read More
Boosting civic knowledge among young adults is no simple task
The continuing success of the American “experiment in self-government” depends on current and future generations keeping open minds. Read More
The South, racism and America's unpaid moral debts
Put away your Confederate flag, stop venerating the cheap mass-produced monuments to white-supremacists and finally repudiate the murderous ideology that has defined and poisoned Southern society sine 1619. Read More
Election integrity lives in the fine print
Administrative agencies should not quietly add requirements the statute does not contain. Read More
Isn't it about time to know paternity?
Fewer than three in ten newborns will live with both biological parents until the age of eighteen. Read More
Revisiting George Washington on our 250th
Washington did some remarkable for these times and he did it twice. Read More
Federal crash will hurt North Carolinians
Budget analysts in and out of government correctly fingered entitlements as the primary driver of federal deficits. The time will come when everything will have to be included in discussion and negotiation. Read More
It’s time to start the discussion on modernizing our ABC liquor laws
North Carolina clings to an ancient system of alcohol beverage control that is inefficient and bloated with a bureaucracy full of corruption and cronyism. Read More
