You can blame the Presbyterians. Well, they deserve part of the blame, and part of the credit. The American Revolution was sometimes referred to as “the Presbyterian Rebellion,” because the... Read More
A new committee of legislators that is looking for ways to save money by making the courts more efficient recently heard just how difficult a task that will be. Lawmakers on the House Judicial... Read More
Last month, I participated in the “Walk-In” movement that teachers in North Carolina were sponsoring. I chose to educate my class on this current event by combining it with our study of locating... Read More
by Rob Christensen, News and Observer, December 1, 2013. There is a reason that Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan should now be nervous about her re-election chances to the U.S. Senate and not just because... Read More
Moderate voters in Charlotte and across the state are kicking themselves for supporting consensus-building “Mayor Pat” only to find that Gov. Pat McCrory can be quite different. But my interview... Read More
Thanks to Senator Bob Rucho for serving up a heaping holiday helping of hilarity: “JFK could have been the founder and leader of the Tea Party.” Let’s let JFK answer himself. In the... Read More
If there's one thing at which we North Carolinians excel, it's beating ourselves up at our own expense. Either we're trotting off to court with ill-reasoned pleadings, or we're asking some judge to... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 30, 2013. The McCrory administration is only running government like a business by charging for public records. So, perhaps residents also can expect... Read More
Retired optometrist William C. Padgett has been trying to create an elderly care facility in Beaufort County for over a decade. Thousands of seniors across the state sit on a waitlists for various... Read More
Science teacher Vance Kite spent most of the 90-minute lesson on genetic mutations at City of Medicine Academy circulating the room, talking to students, answering their questions and drawing diagrams... Read More
