by John Frank, News and Observer, January 5, 2014. A familiar foe of Janet Cowell is intensifying its scrutiny of the Democratic state treasurer. The State Employees Association of North Carolina... Read More
As we enter the New Year, it seems most important we discuss an action we could all do and demand of others. This one single action by all would do more to fix our economic and social issues as a... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, January 5, 2014. More and faster executions should not be a proud goal of the N.C. General Assembly, but state Sen. Thom Goolsby and other leaders want to take the... Read More
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
