I recently had a very interesting conversation with a prominent state leader. The person was picking my brain about various economic issues, one of which is our low rate of economic growth. The leader... Read More
There’s a lot of talk about North Carolina’s stubbornly high unemployment rate and job recruitment efforts lately. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker says that we can blame a lot of our woes on... Read More
When in trouble, presidents have ways to escape the hubbub, deflect attention from what’s causing the problem, and wait for the whole thing to pass. In 1974, as Watergate was engulfing his... Read More
Governor Pat McCrory spent more than five years campaigning for his current job and it seemed like he couldn’t give a stump speech without complaining about what he called “the culture of... Read More
by Michael Biesecker, Associated Press, printed in Winston-Salem Journal, November 16, 2013. North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said Friday his agency will expedite review of... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 16, 2013. Dean Smith is losing his memory. A neurological illness is nibbling deeper and deeper into the brilliant mind that revolutionized college... Read More
For all our disagreements, Carter and I agree on one thing: the value of polls. But we constantly have to explain why – and defend ourselves. Most recent was a delightful dinner discussion with a... Read More
The row started, oddly enough, with a single email. Which got answered. And counter answered. Then, boom, there was a full scale war of emails going on (with me watching copies flying back and forth... Read More
The Triangle is home to arguably the largest concentration of excellent universities and research institutions in the world, so we take our college graduates seriously. A recent article in the... Read More
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, the state’s largest insurer, will allow tens of thousands of customers to stay on lapsed health policies next year to provide relief from steep price... Read More
