The McCrory administration has named a former Ashe County manager and East Carolina University professor to run a new division charged with overseeing the work previously done by the state’s Rural... Read More
Republicans are now leading Democrats on handling several key issues, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll. The poll, released Friday, shows more Americans think that the Republicans are... Read More
Yesterday came word that Governor Pat McCrory’s poll numbersare in perpetual decline. His approval rating has fallen to 35%, compared to a 53% disapproval rating. That is not good. In a... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 13, 2013. In high jumping, raising the bar means the athlete is more likely to fail. But there’s no other way to improve her mark. Also in high jumping... Read More
by Harold Gutmann, Durham Herald-Sun, September 13, 2013. Former North Carolina athletic director Dick Baddour said he was upset and disappointed – but not angry – when he saw news reports that... Read More
Well. It looks like all of our “speculation” and “drive-by reporting” is starting to pan out. After our reporting came out, the AP confirmed that — as we said — (1) Harris is being... Read More
That metallic burning smell in the air these days in Raleigh is most likely the right-wing spin machine overheating trying to confuse and mislead people in North Carolina about what the General... Read More
What's the largest law school in North Carolina by enrollment? Not Carolina, Duke or Wake Forest. Not N.C. Central, Campbell or Elon. It's Charlotte. It also may be least successful at this point in... Read More
There is concern by some child-welfare advocates over the decision to merge the adult and juvenile prison sections of the state Department of Public Safety. The merger was announced Tuesday as part of... Read More
A veteran political hand once gave me this insight into how political people overestimate how much attention voters are paying: “The voters listen a lot slower than we talk.” Two pieces of recent... Read More
