In recent months, Governor McCrory and his supporters have pointed to a number of controversial steps lawmakers took in 2013, like cutting unemployment insurance, as being the catalyst for a... Read More
Twenty-five years ago, education secretary Bill Bennett advanced the idea that government student aid was largely to blame for the steady increases in college tuition. Since then, higher education... Read More
According to a North Carolina based real-estate company, Movoto, they have compiled a ranking of the top ten places to retire in North Carolina. They only chose cities with a population of... Read More
In the aftermath of last week’s political firestorm surrounding the nomination of Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. as executive director of the North Carolina Democratic Party, Chavis, who had his... Read More
The new health care law may raise insurance premiums for 11 million small business employees and lower rates for 6 million others. That's an estimate from a report by the Centers for Medicare... Read More
Editorial by Asheville Citizen-Times, February 21, 2014. The Federal Communications Commission is moving aggressively to see that the Internet remains equally open to all. Despite recent court... Read More
Gene Epstein of Barron’s devotes his latest column to explaining why the government-mandated minimum wage fails to live up to its promise of helping the poor. The debate over raising the... Read More
The battles over school funding often dissolve into partisan bickering. But people hoping to use Robb Leandro as a political football for either side should look elsewhere. You might know his name... Read More
Josephus Daniels was a North Carolina newspaper mogul, Democratic party kingmaker, Prohibitionist, progressive leader, ardent Methodist, equally ardent segregationist, friend to William Jennings Bryan... Read More
An environmental calamity as massive as Duke Energy’s coal ash spill into the Dan River inevitably leads to finger-pointing. Someone has to pay. In media coverage and public response, Duke Energy... Read More
