If there's one state that's drawn the ire of Democrat activists, it's North Carolina, a blue state turned bright red, thanks to dissatisfaction with President Obama. Liberals can't stand the fact that... Read More
This is NOT an April Fool’s Day joke. This actually happened at today’s N.C. State Board of Education meeting. During a session about Common Core in the early grades, a kindergarten teacher read... Read More
The General Assembly and the governor have taken a lot of heat for refusing to set up a state exchange under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare.) At CLC, one health expert explained why. Michael... Read More
I’ve been pondering the issue of competency gaps among our young adults and the needs of business for over a decade. It is a complex issue, which may account for the appeal of scrutinizing a single... Read More
A few months ago, Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, and Marlene Seltzer, the chief executive of Jobs for the Future, published an article in Politico titled “Closing the Skills Gap... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, March 31, 2014. There has been evidence aplenty that Aldona Wos, the state secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, isn’t up to the job. A medical... Read More
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, March 30, 2014. Politicians and think tanks argue as to why the state’s unemployment rate has fallen almost 3 percentage points in a year, but along with other... Read More
During most of its history, North Carolina was a state of widely dispersed residents. There were no truly big cities, many small towns, and fewer sparsely populated counties than, say, Virginia or... Read More
A change is coming, and it’s blue.” That’s the conclusion of an op-ed that looked at why more young Americans are voting Democratic. And it was my conclusion after several hours at the College... Read More
