The GOP: Tea for two
The Republican Party shut down government. It’s not a partisan issue. It’s really an internal fight for the control and direction of the GOP. The Tea Party is basically having a temper tantrum and... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Rocky kickoff but big Obamacare welcome
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, October 2, 2013. Was the first day of Obamacare a hit or a miss? Depends on your perspective. It could be both. The technology was a bust. The computer systems set... Read More
NC unemployment down but recovery stalling out
Between August 2012 and August 2013, unemployment rates fell in all 100 of North Carolina’s counties and in all 14 of the state’s metropolitan areas. Over that same period, the size of the labor... Read More
Pittenger: Delay individual mandate a year
by Boston Herald, October 1, 2013. A Republican congressman lashed out at President Obama and downplayed the effect of the government shutdown in an interview on Boston Herald Radio this morning... Read More
Cooper should represent the state in federal lawsuit
Editorial by News and Observer, October 3, 2013. Roy Cooper has served honorably as North Carolina’s attorney general since his election in 2000 and has been re-elected by the people three more... Read More
Medicaid in North Carolina
Before Obamacare, before individual mandates, before exchanges, there was Medicaid. Started in 1965 under President Johnson as part of his War on Poverty, Medicaid extended health insurance coverage... Read More
At the zoo
Sometimes writing this blog is easy. Like today. Below is a reprint – in full, with no cuts or comments – of yesterday’s news release from the Governor’s Communications Office: Press Release... Read More
Armageddon on cable news channels
The politicians, when you get down to the short rows, are the varmints who decided to hang a ‘Not Open for Business’ sign on the federal government – but, in an odd way, it wasn’t the... Read More
Capital needs won't go away
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, October 1, 2013. One of Gov. Pat McCrory’s first priorities upon taking office in January focused on the state’s crumbling infrastructure. Perhaps some members... Read More
The wrong battlefield
Editorial by Durham Herald, October 1, 2013. In the Research Triangle Park, a lot of cubicles are empty for at least a day so, and if you were planning to visit museums or monuments in the nation’s... Read More
