House Raised Taxes? No Sale
When is a sales-tax increase not really a sales-tax increase? If you want to make sense of the contrasting claims about tax reform in North Carolina, this is one of the many questions you have to... Read More
NC Spin Articles
New Dogs, Old Tricks
Daniel Gilligan, a bright young Democratic policy consultant from Raleigh, offers an analysis of Republican and taxes: “Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly have got themselves all... Read More
Moron Monday shows radical Left just doesn’t get it
The circus came to the State Capitol this week, complete with clowns, a carnival barker and a sideshow. The “Reverend” Barber was decked out like a prelate of the Church of Rome (no insult is... Read More
The risk of doing nothing
We will not be Intimidated or Coerced by Certain Alphabetical Organizations or Committees under the Disguise of ‘Betterment of Certain Groups or Races’.” It reads like the reactions of some... Read More
NC House-Senate budgets: Numbers close, priorities aren’t
House Republicans have proposed a $20.57 billion budget that its leaders expect to approve this week. The budget, released late Sunday night, is slightly less than the Senate’s proposal but the two... Read More
Free Market Republicans?
Where are the free-market Republicans when you need them? You would think with Republicans firmly in control of the General Assembly, that the free-market advocates would be falling all over... Read More
Are we done yet?
The House says the House budget will be published Friday, June 7. They promise the budget will be on the House floor next week. The question is can the House hold it together among its ranks long... Read More
Moral Monday Protests
The Moral Monday protests have given the NAACP a reason to march and protest. For a long time they have had to try to generate interest in something which would give them the ability to appear... Read More
Characteristics of the 2013 North Carolina House of Representatives
One characteristic of the 2013 North Carolina House of Representatives is the initial effect of the Republican caucus. First and second term members usually rely on a caucus with a majority of... Read More
Increasing the age when teens would be tried as adults
Regarding increasing the age limit to 18 years of age for pre-adults to be tried as adults for certain crimes, it seems striking to me that if we are willing to ask young adults to serve in military... Read More
