A state legislative commission proposed Thursday that North Carolina drop the Common Core and replace it with a new set of learning standards for public schools. A draft bill replaces the Common Core... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, April 23, 2014. Does race still matter? It’s a question that was at the heart of the Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday allowing Michigan voters to ban affirmative... Read More
I was on the edge of my seat, waiting and hoping for a Candy Crowley moment in the first TV debate Tuesday of the front-running Republican candidates for Kay Hagan’s U.S. Senate seat. In the... Read More
A few weeks ago, I wrote that partisan control of the U.S. Senate may well be determined here in North Carolina, where Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan suffers from low job-approval ratings and a... Read More
Watching the Republican Senate debate, it would not have been surprising if all four candidates had sworn that the earth is flat. Because they went right over the edge. You saw four candidates who... Read More
Pat McCrory has been Governor of North Carolina for 15 months now but he still doesn’t seem to have a handle on the position. He does have one part of the job down. McCrory is always headed... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 24, 2014. Tracing the trail of a truck hauling trash isn’t so hard if it leaks. Although it could turn one’s stomach. The Solid Waste Management Reform... Read More
In the wake of a whistleblower resigning (translation: being pushed in front of a bus) from the University of North Carolina, one political observer provides a revealing look at the mindset of the... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, April 23, 2014. It is a grim bunch, this group of North Carolina Republicans vying for the United States Senate seat now held by Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan. In a debate... Read More
A Guilford County judge on Wednesday halted a requirement that North Carolina school districts offer a quarter of their teachers multi-year contracts as an enticement for them to give up their so... Read More
