Resolution for gov: Use better judgment
Privatize! That’s what conservatives often push when government workers do a job poorly. But that’s not a viable alternative when government workers keep making problematic hiring (and firing... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Gloomy Americans foresee a downhill slide to 2050
Ask people to imagine American life in 2050, and you'll get some dreary visions. Whether they foresee runaway technology or runaway government, rampant poverty or vanishing morality, a majority of... Read More
State politics will reach pivot point in 2014
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 1, 2014. North Carolina has an exciting political year ahead in 2014, one that might determine whether the state’s acceleration toward the Republican... Read More
North Carolina set to overtake Michigan as ninth-largest state
North Carolina gained about 100,000 people between 2012 and 2013, the U.S. Census Bureau reported, a 1 percent growth rate that puts the state on track to overtake Michigan to become the nation’s... Read More
Feds back NC schools progress
Editorial by News and Observer, January 2, 2014. The whole notion of grants from the federal government in the Race to the Top program came about because public school systems had some work to do to... Read More
NC now in top 10 for worst drivers
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, December 27, 2013. Admit it. You’ve used some harsh (if not downright nasty) language about a driver who’s pulled out in front of you, cut you off, sped past... Read More
A textbook debate
Recent headlines have called attention to the issue of state public school textbook funding. Partisans have tried to score political points with quotes like the following: Not another state lawmaker... Read More
New Year thoughts
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, December 31, 2013. Yesterday has deposited us on a new beach today on an island uncharted with promises of bright suns and forebodings of darkening moons. To... Read More
We will soon see who wins and loses in new tax laws
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, December 31, 2013. Happy New Year, maybe. Thanks to a Republican-led overhaul of the state tax code, North Carolina residents will either pay less in taxes in... Read More
Moral Mondays a new southern strategy
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, December 31, 2013. Moral Mondays in North Carolina spawned Truth and Justice Tuesdays in Alabama. When the Georgia legislature returns to session soon, a new Moral... Read More
