Republicans may seem like ultimate Scrooges. Many want to slash food stamps, unemployment benefits and just about any program that helps the needy. So they know nothing about poverty, right? Wrong... Read More
Republican legislative leaders plan to ask the North Carolina Supreme Court to allow a new program using taxpayer money for tuition at K-12 private or religious schools to begin this fall while... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, April 10, 2014. The state is looking for new ways to generate revenue to help fuel what it characterizes as the ever escalating costs of maintaining North Carolina... Read More
When it comes to straw polls, from cradle to grave, there’s a whiff of deception in the air. Hardly anything is what it seems. For instance, political groups don’t take straw polls to measure... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, April 10, 2014. Here they go again. Republican legislators pride themselves on championing the interests of business, but sometimes they don’t know when to quit... Read More
I’m told that one of the wise, old political operatives in the state recently remarked that do-nothing politicians in today’s highly partisan environment move down a safer path than those who... Read More
Governor Pat McCrory seems to think that every time people in Raleigh have questions about one of his proposals, it is because he is courageously “stepping on toes” of people in entrenched... Read More
What would inspire a prominent free-market nonprofit and an assertive environmental nonprofit to join forces in a very public way? Mutual concern over policies that keep the cost of a basic household... Read More
For years, the leaders of Beaufort, S.C., have promoted the charms and convenience of their coastal city, which has a historic downtown and cozy neighborhoods. Many of Beaufort’s 13,000 residents... Read More
One of the key questions for the May 6 primary is voter turnout. It is likely to play a role in deciding the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate. The conventional wisdom among political observers goes... Read More
