County Democratic leaders in North Carolina have been watching weeks of Republican attacks on Sen. Kay Hagan over the Affordable Care Act. From the state’s cities to its low-wage rural counties... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, November 28, 2013. About the only cost that seems to keep anywhere close to pace with rising health care expenses is college tuition. Students, parents and... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 28, 2013. Four community college presidents and their boards have provided the General Assembly with a perfect example of why legislators can’t take... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, November 28, 2013. Although Fort Bragg sits on Fayetteville's doorstep, it may be too familiar a presence for us to easily see how big it is. It isn't just big. The... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 29, 2013. The passengers boarded the plane, which taxied to the runway and took off, while Gov. Pat McCrory stood waving at the gate. Now he says it... Read More
by Patrick Gannon, The Insider, published in News and Observer, November 27, 2013. State Sen. Josh Stein, a Wake County Democrat, is eyeing the state attorney general’s office in 2016. Stein, in a... Read More
Editorial in News and Observer, November 28, 2013. Some alumni of Ole Miss, otherwise known as the University of Mississippi, are still angry about what happened to David Cutcliffe in December... Read More
We are tomorrow’s past, so this Thanksgiving season give thanks for 2013, a year the future might study more for amusement than for edification. HealthCare.gov performed the public service of... Read More
Editorial from Chicago Tribune, reprinted in Charlotte Observer, November 25, 2013. Abbott Laboratories chief executive Miles White said something last Tuesday that should jolt tens of millions of... Read More
As if I didn’t get enough JFK last week, I’m reading a new book about how Kennedy, in his last months, was growing into and getting better at the roles of President, politician and persuader-in... Read More
