Hope you made a wish on that shooting star. I’m talking about that fleeting moment last week, when Democrats and reluctant Republicans seemed to agree on the need for a new election in North... Read More
What is a good book I can give a friend? Every year I get this question from folks who know that I try to keep up with North Carolina-related books. First of all, I have to warn people that giving... Read More
While the term “whataboutism” may be relatively new — coined within the last few decades, and newly prominent in the age of Donald Trump — the logical fallacy it denotes is as ancient as... Read More
Are you frustrated with our political dialogue at the moment? If your answer is no, you are in a distinct minority in North Carolina and beyond. For example, in an October poll conducted by High Point... Read More
Nationally, 78% of all households subscribe to the internet. This rate is two percentage points lower in North Carolina—76%—reflecting generally lower internet access rates among households in... Read More
Allegations of vote harvesting and potential tampering in the 9th Congressional District have thrown the election’s results into question. Evidence suggests that these activities may not be limited... Read More
When the election fraud scandal in in the 9thCongressional race broke, the Republican Party initially said we need a full investigation but that presumed winner Mark Harris should be seated in... Read More
It’s long been understood by those who pay attention to public policy debates that the age-old conservative talking point about the supposed evils of “big government” was always just that – a... Read More
The real mystery after half a century,” Wyndham Robertson says, “is why life at the top of large American corporations still seems so overwhelmingly male.” Writing in The New York Times on... Read More
by Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, December 7, 2018 Many consider the National Football League (NFL) to be the most successful professional sports organization in the world. To many, having... Read More
