North Carolina adopted the Common Core curriculum in math and language arts and more rigorous tests for its students. The results have come in as expected: dismal. Only 44 percent of students... Read More
by Renee Schoof, News and Observer, November 13, 2013. U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan said Tuesday that she wants federal investigators to examine how contractors who were paid to create the go-to site for the... Read More
Denise Dunn is one of the lucky ones. She’s one of just a handful of Triangle residents who have successfully applied for subsidized insurance on the crash-prone federal enrollment site. After... Read More
I’ve heard from a few people lately that the Democratic Party is headed for the same kind of intraparty demolition that continues to plague Republicans. According to this view, Democrats haven’t... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 13, 2013 The Affordable Care Act is giving Sen. Kay Hagan the political chills and could turn out to be unhealthy for her re-election chances next year... Read More
The way the Tea Partiers see it, to save the country they have to do to the Washington Republicans what General Sheridan did to the Indians during the Indian Wars. Because when the Tea Partiers say... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, November 11, 2013. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has been short on details, but Secretary Aldona Wos’ pledge last week to improve mental health... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 11, 2013. The low test scores released last week were expected, state and local education leaders said, because standards are higher. That makes sense... Read More
Psst. Hey kid. Pay no attention to those people behind the curtain, the ones telling you how screwed up we all are or what an angry, dysfunctional country this is. If all one knew of American life was... Read More
Fifty years ago, North Carolina declared war on poverty and did a pretty fair job of beating it back. But now it’s on the rise again. Under the leadership of Democratic Gov. Terry Sanford, the North... Read More
