Gian cable merger threatens consumers
Like all horror stories, this one began innocently. My daughter was moving to a new job out of state and on moving day she handed me a small box with a cable attached to it and asked, “Can you... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The state's first civil rights demonstration was 65 years ago
We have grown accustomed to seeing thousands of people descend on the state Capitol to protest the policies of the legislature. But it wasn’t always so. And when the Capitol was picketed for the... Read More
Injunction on NC vouchers is a good move
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, February 23, 2014. Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood on Friday stopped the N.C. legislature from moving forward with a voucher program that diverts public funds to... Read More
Happy birthday, George
Around mid-morning on February 22, 1732, 23-year old Mary Ball Washington, the 2nd wife of Augustine Washington, delivered a baby boy at their modest home on good land near Pope's Creek, Virginia, a... Read More
Liberators
The 14 men seated on the front row were in or closing in on their 10th decade on earth. Some of them were bent and wheelchair-bound. A couple were spry and alert. Several had trouble hearing, even... Read More
Skvarla's odd definition of partner
The buzz continues in Raleigh over the shrill, defensive news conference held this week by Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources John Skvarla and other DENR officials in the wake of the... Read More
More praise for Burr's Obamacare alternative
A brief article in the latest print edition ofNational Review — headlined “Healthier and Wiser” — offers more praise for the health care reform plan co-sponsored by North Carolina’s... Read More
Cooper calls GOP teacher pay plan a 'political Band-Aid'
Attorney General Roy Cooper revved Wake County Democrats on Friday evening, saying the years of progress under the party’s former leaders “came to a crashing halt” 14 months ago. The reference... Read More
Why is the cost of healthcare rising for inmates?
In the January’s Joint Legislative Oversight Committee in Justice and Public Safety meeting Sen. Austin Allran (R-Alexander) posed a question to Terri Catlett, Deputy Director of Health Services... Read More
