It’s no secret in Raleigh that Republican leaders are worried about the political fallout from the cuts to education they made in the budget passed by the General Assembly and signed by Governor Pat... Read More
by Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post Writers Group, published in News and Observer, November 1, 2013. Every disaster has its moment of clarity. Physicist Richard Feynman dunks an O-ring into ice... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, November 1, 2013. They speak, incredibly, as if getting health care to 500,000 North Carolinians is a bad idea, something they’re not remotely interested in under any... Read More
A report released Wednesday by Action for Children North Carolina makes another cogent case against North Carolina’s bad law that puts all juveniles over age 15 in adult court regardless of the... Read More
When I go on the air or in front of audiences to discuss North Carolina’s sluggish economy, one response I often hear is that the problem isn’t really statewide. The state’s major metropolitan... Read More
Sen. Mary Landrieu said Wednesday she would propose legislation to ensure all Americans could keep their existing insurance coverage under Obamacare, a fresh sign of the political problems the law’s... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, October 30, 2013. One of the more puzzling voting reforms passed this summer by the N.C. General Assembly dealt with an important part of elections that too few... Read More
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, October 28, 2013. Aconsistently higher number of citizens taking advantage of early voting for the Nov. 5 municipal election in Pitt County begs an important... Read More
State Republican lawmakers and conservative groups are accusing the N.C. Association of Educators of injecting politics into the classroom with Monday’s series of planned protests on funding for... Read More
This week, allegations of abuse emerged from Central Prison.According to the Associated Press: Lawyers for an inmate who suffers from a serious mental illness say he was abused at North Carolina's... Read More
