NC Tied for third in unemployment
Our state at last has something to be proud of: We are now tied with Rhode Island in the No.3 slot for unemployment, with an 8.9 percent rate, according to the latest figures by the Bureau of Labor... Read More
NC Spin Articles
N&O editorials do little to halt the paper beclowning itself
by Jon Sanders, The Locker Room, August 22, 2013. The economic model in use by The News & Observer is rather, well, unique. I inferred some of the N&O’s Keys to Economic Growth a few weeks ago... Read More
Who's McCrory listening to?
We’ve posted another article here about Governor Pat McCrory vetoing two bills that had overwhelming support when they passed the Legislature. McCrory vetoed them anyway, without having very... Read More
The Left’s ‘Big Lie’ re: teacher pay & DHHS crony salaries MAY be getting some traction
by Brant Clifton, The Daily Haymaker, August 22, 2013. I was out at a social gathering last night, when I overheard a conversation that bothered me. These were some folks I know — low info voters... Read More
Colin Powell blasts NC voting law
by John Frank and John Murawski, Under the Dome, August 22, 2013. With Gov. Pat McCrory in the audience, former Secretary of State Colin Powell took aim at North Carolina's new voting law Thursday... Read More
Goodnight Ann
By Gary Pearce, Talking About Politics, August 22, 2013. Why do Republicans feel compelled to insult, dismiss and condescend to women in North Carolina? The latest: Governor McCrory dismissing Ann... Read More
How can outcomes be so good when education budgets are being cut?
by Lindsay Wagner, NC Policy Watch, August 22, 2013 Schools chief sees great progress yet continues to hear mantra ‘our schools are broken.’ “Why is it that as a whole we are doing better in... Read More
Woe is Wos
Last week, “a bodyguard prevented a News & Observer reporter from asking (DHHS Secretary Aldona) Wos any questions” after a speech. This week, when questions arose about DHHS paying... Read More
Merge is what airlines do; suffer is what passengers do
Hey, wait a minute. Wasn’t airline deregulation supposed to bring lower prices and increased competition? So how is it that, 35 years after the law was passed that deregulated the airline industry... Read More
More sequester cuts coming
States have been forced to gear up for a potential second round of across-the-board federal spending cuts after Congress left for its summer recess without a budget deal. Another round of... Read More
