Could a virus take down the economy?
100 years ago we learned what an unchecked virus can do. Even though infection and death rates of the Coronavirus have been low there will still be economic impacts. Read More
NC Spin Articles
The meddlers behind the mess in the UNC System
Anti-intellectualism is nothing new for the political Right and their disdain disdain for the progressive establishment in higher education have been plain to see. Read More
Easy grades make for hard landings
A new study of grading practices asks whether students of tougher-grading teachers were more or less likely to succeed than students of easier grading teachers. Read More
Can Sanders be stopped?
A New York Times columnist wrote, "Against an unconventional front-runner, unconventional measures are required.” Can Bernie be stopped? Read More
Court decision should produce budget deal
The court ruling renders Medicaid expansion a dead issue. It's time our leaders move ahead and get a budget deal passed. Read More
Rhyming with 1972
History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme. Read More
David Zucchino exposes Wilmington's lie
Racial politics isn't dead. It seems current legislators want to reprise a tactic used in 1898 to suppress the Black vote. Read More
In judicial overreach, appeals court judges block voter ID
In the end this injunction is not about the actual effect that the law will have, but on three judge’s personal opinions of members of the legislature. Read More
Comments on the Democratic Primary
All the candidates running for president have flaws. It would be nice if we could put all the good qualities together in one candidate, but we can't. So we need to think twice between tearing each other to pieces. Read More
Fracking has reduced carbon emissions
Policymakers should take seriously the risks of climate change, but changes that inflict more pain than gain are unwise. Read More
