Par for the course
If North Carolina Democrats were to gain some legislative seats this year, state and national pundits would probably spill gobs of ink — or at least fill gobs of pixels — with elaborate... Read More
NC Spin Articles
DMV Snafus join long list of computer ills
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, March 5, 2014. It’s enough to make you want to reboot state government – literally. Employees in North Carolina government departments have faced an avalanche of... Read More
New SAT: Essay portion to be optional
Essay optional. No penalties for wrong answers. The SAT college entrance exam is undergoing sweeping revisions. Changes in the annual test that millions of students take will also do away with some... Read More
2-year extension offered for canceled health plans
Warding off the specter of election-year health insurance cancellations, the Obama administration Wednesday announced a two-year extension for individual policies that don't meet requirements of the... Read More
Governor Morehead shaped modern North Carolina
by Governor James G. Martin, published in Greensboro News-Record, March 2, 2014. A few weeks ago in this space, my friend Henry Isaacson and I wrote about how big ideas have attractive merit. It was... Read More
Thinking head
When every politician in Washington sounds like a robot reciting a predictable party line, Rand Paul sounds like a man who actually thinks. Sometimes he sounds sounds nutty and sometimes he makes... Read More
Running in circles
These days just about every politician in Raleigh is saying (as often as he can) how he wants to spend more money on schools and give teachers raises. But what if the root of the problem with... Read More
Americans think Republicans are out of touch but plan to vote for them anyway
Americans overwhelmingly consider Republicans to be out of touch, and they trust them less than Democrats on the issues -- but that doesn't mean the GOP is in bad shape for the 2014 elections. That's... Read More
North Carolina's toxic future
A dystopian nightmare is unfolding in North Carolina. It is what the whole country would look like if you were to marry David Koch to Ted Cruz, with a prenup by ALEC, the outside agitator also known... Read More
Duke seems to have friends in high places
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, March 3, 2014. State regulators announced Monday that they were citing Duke Energy for not having certain permits the law requires. State regulators did not announce... Read More
