Key causes of health care mess
John Steele Gordon shares with Barron’s readers some of the historical background for the current American health care predicament. … [O]nce policies and programs start, they foster... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Bad press relations with DHHS can harm public
Recent media reports have highlighted large salaries and raises given to young Department of Health and Human Services staffers who worked on Gov. Pat McCrory’s campaign, but what’s been less... Read More
Obama-care causes a national dizziness
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, September 11, 2013. The back-and-forth over the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obama-care, has gotten so divorced from reality that it’s hard to tell... Read More
Health care deadline looms
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, September 15, 2013. Oct. 1 looms large on the calendar of Pitt County Public Health Director John Morrow. That is the date when more than 1 million North... Read More
Even outsiders now confident the state, Cape Fear region are bouncing back
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, September 14, 2013. Finally, the Wilmington area has made the National Association of Home Builders' list of metro areas that are seeing significant improvement in... Read More
The more we learn about human trafficking, the greater the concern
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, September 14, 2013. Slavery has long been illegal in this country, but it still exists in an underworld that exploits desperate people for profit. Workers are moved... Read More
Make voting mandatory
Letter to editor by Jim Nolan, Morehead City, published in News and Observer, September 15, 2013. With an average voter turnout of approximately 50 percent since 1960, why are we intent on making it... Read More
The great income divide
The downtown lot where Raleigh’s Occupy movement once camped is now empty. The fast-food workers who picketted over being paid the meager minimum wage of $7.25 an hour have gone back to making... Read More
Professionalism intact at State Board of Elections
It is usually not a good sign when Rachel Maddow, the liberal MSNBC TV host, broadcasts from your town, but that is what she did recently from Elizabeth City. Maddow was in Elizabeth City because the... Read More
UNC taking up governor’s drug, alcohol abuse challenge
Apparently Gov. Pat McCrory was serious a few months ago when he challenged UNC system leaders to do something about substance abuse on campus. On Friday, Board of Governors Vice Chairman Frank... Read More
