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
NC Spin Articles
State increase in average SAT scores best taken with a grain of salt
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, October 1, 2013. North Carolina’s average SAT scores for the 2012-13 school year have been released and that means politicians will soon be using the news to make... Read More
A poor exchange
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, October 2, 2013. Last year, N.C. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin was developing plans for the state to operate a health care exchange. That was before the... Read More
Shutdown shows we may not need so much government
The government shut down at midnight. I know this because I heard about it on the news. But I’ve gotten through nearly an entire workday and done everything that I normally do without noticing... Read More
Moral Monday protestors should pay for breaking the law
A good definition of a lawyer is a person who can pick a single grain of pepper from a salt shaker wearing boxing gloves. Such manual dexterity symbolizes the intellectual gymnastics that attorneys... Read More
Justice filed political lawsuit
by John Hood, Carolina Journal, October 2, 2013. What’s the Obama administration trying to do? No, I’m not speculating about the president’s strategies for implementing his health care law or... Read More
Evaluating teachers
When I was a teacher, I was evaluated three times during the year. this evaluation was in writing and the principal and I got a copy. Twice by a fellow teacher and once by the principal or assistant... Read More
Nine key questions: Will Obamacare survive
How did it go? Unavoidably, that will be the big question come Tuesday. But there will be much more to it than that. A 180-Day Open Enrollment––Not a One-Day Open Enrollment What happens on the... Read More
McCrory, Media and Mayhem behind closed doors
Last week the Governor invited select radio and television news directors to a closed door (no camera) session where he sought to enlist their support in “positive news” about state government... Read More
Back to the future with health insurance
I believe the origins of U.S. health insurance stem from depression era efforts to help hospitals in our growing urban areas remain open to care for those in need - in essence a pre-paid... Read More
