Rethinking Koch
Maybe the attack-Koch strategy is a good idea after all. I had questions, but I’m coming around. Every story needs a villain. That lesson is as old as the Bible. (See: the Serpent, Garden of Eden... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Registration issues won't be solved by ID law
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, April 7, 2014. A report issued last week by the N.C. State Board of Elections underscored glaring problems with voter registration in North Carolina and elsewhere... Read More
Online list unfair insult to Fayetteville State
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, April 6, 2014. Lists are the rage these days, especially online. Getting you to click is the only way for Web information companies to survive. Lists are proven... Read More
More to do on NC health care gap
Let’s put our hands together for North Carolina. Among the 36 states that used the federal health care exchange, North Carolina came in third – with more than 200,000 residents enrolling in... Read More
Time to curb basketball's 'one and done' trend
Editorial by News and Observer, April 7, 2014. Today, there’s a new national champion in NCAA men’s basketball, but in the afterglow will come again the question: Isn’t it time to be done with... Read More
A more accurate portrait of NC state debt
Most of us have jobs, and with those jobs come certain benefits, most noticeably health care and retirement benefits. The same is true for state employees. Public school teachers, judges, elected... Read More
Trying to drive the new road-building highway
I'm told that one of the wise, old political operatives in the state recently remarked that do-nothing politicians in today's highly partisan environment move down a safer path than those who attempt... Read More
Duke Energy's trust gap
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 7, 2014. It should come as no surprise that people here don’t trust Duke Energy’s planned experiment on local trees with a “growth regulator.” This... Read More
Voting registration deadline is Friday
Those wishing to cast a ballot in May’s primary election must register to vote by Friday – and this year the deadline is final. Since 2008, North Carolinians who missed the deadline got a second... Read More
A plan to come together as a nation
While I was attending the Conservative Leadership Conference in Raleigh, I had the privilege of hearing Matt Kibbe, President of Freedom Works. His message was simple yet profound. His six points... Read More
