NC got broad tax cut
Did Gov. Pat McCrory and the North Carolina legislature raise taxes on poor and middle-income families to give tax breaks to the wealthy? That’s the claim that a motley crew of liberal politicians... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The furious tax spin from the right
The right-wing spin machines have been in overdrive lately, primarily trying to convince people of two things, that the drop in the state unemployment rate is evidence that the policies of Governor... Read More
School choice: Program has merit, but it needs us all to make it work
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 18, 2014. Despite its well-intentioned societal objectives, busing to achieve court-ordered integration in public schools was never a good idea. And while... Read More
UNC leaders make wrong response to whistle-blower
Editorial by News and Observer, January 19, 2014. First the question was whether some athletes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were academically qualified. Now the question is... Read More
Moderates going the way of dodo birds
With the retirements of Democrat Mike McIntyre of Lumberton and Republican Howard Coble of Greensboro, we are seeing the continued extinction of the congressional moderate. North Carolina is, polls... Read More
US is moving to the left
Not too long ago, everyone was declaring American politics a lost cause for progressives. The religious right supposedly had a stranglehold on elections. Then it was the tea party that had the... Read More
Medicaid budget impossible to forecast due to ongoing computer woes
After months of negative publicity about computer glitches in her department, Health and Human Services Sec. Aldona Wos apologized for a massive data-privacy breach that occurred at the end of... Read More
A different look at NC’s Senate race
North Carolina political consultant John Davis says he sees a Kay Hagan-Thom Tillis showdown in the U.S. Senate race and expects Tillis to win. In his recent subscriber-only Political Report, Davis... Read More
McCrory, Obama approvals tick downward
President Obama continues his slide, as only 40% of North Carolina voters approve of the job he’s doing, compared to 54% who disapprove. The 14% gap is up from an 11% gap in December, when voters... Read More
The next Ted Cruz?
The newspaper reporter asked if North Carolina’s Senate Primary was going to be the next litmus test of the Tea Party’s political muscle – and as fast as he could Greg Brannon’s campaign... Read More
