King's words changed a nation
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, January 19, 2014. Many have expressed eloquent comments about the life, death and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. But his own voice echoes most strongly... Read More
NC Spin Articles
MLK holiday celebrates a man and an ongoing movement
Editorial by News and Observer, January 19, 2014. There had been a bomb threat against the plane that was taking Martin Luther King Jr. on his fateful flight to Memphis that April day in 1968. And the... Read More
Remember King, tackle economic woes
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, January 19, 2014. Toward the end of his life, Martin Luther King had turned his attention and his powerful voice toward a subject that has a firm grip on the United... Read More
NC got broad tax cut
Did Gov. Pat McCrory and the North Carolina legislature raise taxes on poor and middle-income families to give tax breaks to the wealthy? That’s the claim that a motley crew of liberal politicians... Read More
The furious tax spin from the right
The right-wing spin machines have been in overdrive lately, primarily trying to convince people of two things, that the drop in the state unemployment rate is evidence that the policies of Governor... Read More
School choice: Program has merit, but it needs us all to make it work
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 18, 2014. Despite its well-intentioned societal objectives, busing to achieve court-ordered integration in public schools was never a good idea. And while... Read More
UNC leaders make wrong response to whistle-blower
Editorial by News and Observer, January 19, 2014. First the question was whether some athletes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were academically qualified. Now the question is... Read More
Moderates going the way of dodo birds
With the retirements of Democrat Mike McIntyre of Lumberton and Republican Howard Coble of Greensboro, we are seeing the continued extinction of the congressional moderate. North Carolina is, polls... Read More
US is moving to the left
Not too long ago, everyone was declaring American politics a lost cause for progressives. The religious right supposedly had a stranglehold on elections. Then it was the tea party that had the... Read More
Medicaid budget impossible to forecast due to ongoing computer woes
After months of negative publicity about computer glitches in her department, Health and Human Services Sec. Aldona Wos apologized for a massive data-privacy breach that occurred at the end of... Read More
