The United States is within two weeks of facing government shutdown, six weeks of hitting the debt ceiling, and four months of repeating the thoughtless budget-cutting process known as sequestration... Read More
The winners: 7-10-22-32-35 plus a Powerball of 19. You didn't have those numbers. Neither did I. But someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Lexington, S.C., did. One winner, $400 million richer... Read More
Like baby birds with yawning beaks, college football fans clamor to be fed. So fasten the chin strap on your helmet – ignore the warning label on it (“No helmet system can protect you from serious... Read More
The Department of Health and Human Services paid Thomas L. Adams $37,227.25 as "severance" after he served just one month as chief of staff at the department. His is the latest high-dollar salary to... Read More
A typical American household made about $51,017 in 2012, according to new figures out from the Census Bureau this week. That number may sound familiar to anyone who remembers George H. W. Bush’s... Read More
I’m always looking for something nice to say about a Republican. But Dan Forest? Sorry, I’ve got to do it. Monday, I posted a blog (Let Teachers Teach) saying we should pay teachers $100,000 a... Read More
In August, employers in North Carolina eliminated 1,700 more payroll positions than they added (+/- 0.0 percent). That drop was driven almost entirely by a net reduction of 6,400 jobs (-1.5 percent... Read More
Health care is likely to be the second-biggest issue in next year's midterm elections (the condition of the economy will be #1). But while North Carolina Democrats and liberal activists would like the... Read More
by Lyn Bonner, News and Observer, September 21, 2013. Dr. Aldona Wos, head of the embattled state Department of Health and Human Services, defended her job performance Friday, including salary and... Read More
Some of North Carolina’s top women office-holders Friday heard Democratic strategist Donna Brazile rip Republicans for sending the state backwards and making it “a model of voter suppression... Read More
