Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, January 5, 2014. After controlling most of North Carolina government for a very long time, Democrats found themselves in the wilderness losing the General Assembly... Read More
Ideas that look desirable or at least workable on paper can prove to be unworkable or even disastrous when applied to the real world. Just ask the millions of Americans who, under Obamacare, have lost... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 4, 2014. News from the U.S. Census Bureau that North Carolina is likely to surpass Michigan this year to become the country’s ninth-largest state... Read More
As North Carolina enters 2014, I have a New Year’s resolution for our state. In the next four years, let’s raise the pay of our public school teachers to the national average. Not talk about it... Read More
It was a year ago today that Gov. Pat McCrory was sworn into office amid high hopes. Now he is hoping for a reset. Few governors took office with greater promise than McCrory. He had won office in a... Read More
There was a heck of a lot of bad public policy news in North Carolina in 2013. The disastrous decisions regarding Medicaid, unemployment insurance, school vouchers, reproductive rights, taxes, the... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 2, 2014. There are ailments that doctors can’t cure. Instead their best therapy is to control the illness, keeping it from getting worse. North Carolina... Read More
Some public television viewers will watch a new documentary from former LBJ public relations flak Bill Moyers. The Pope Foundation takes issue with Moyers’ latest spin-doctor efforts, as discussed... Read More
Published in Winston-Salem Journal, January 3, 2014. The State Board of Education must decide whether it will replace state-written standardized tests with national exams, a decision freighted with... Read More
While the Republican-controlled General Assembly, Gov. Pat McCrory and many across the state welcomed the news of the overall unemployment figures dropping sharply to 2009 levels, there are others who... Read More
