For the second time in as many years, Senate Democrats walked out on their Republican colleagues and left them to conduct legislative business by themselves. The first time they did it was in March... Read More
We can’t have a state where the ZIP code you’re born in dictates your future... Read More
Among the pagan-inspired customs of the Christmas season now appears to be the ritualistic burning of the straw man. Specifically, I refer to the traditional seasonal column by a sly journalist or... Read More
Like just about every university and college these days, mine — N.C. State University — spends millions each year on a sprawling bureaucracy advocating racial, gender, and other types of... Read More
The state Democratic Party filed suit against state legislative leaders Tuesday, saying a plan to cancel next year's judicial primaries is unconstitutional and asking the federal courts to issue an... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 9, 2017 It’s bad enough that rising court costs in North Carolina put onerous, long-term burdens on many people. It’s worse that judges are now... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, December 11, 2017. There is growing concern across North Carolina about the increasing politicization of our judiciary. The politicians running our General Assembly... Read More
North Carolina juries rejected the death penalty in 2017, refusing to impose death sentences at any of the four trials where prosecutors sought them and making this year the third since 2012 with no... Read More
Okay, it’s now time for Republicans to hit the panic button. Democrat Doug Jones won a US Senate seat in Alabama last night. Alabama! I didn’t really think it was possible, but it happened. It was... Read More
Now that the federal government has rolled back the internet protections it put in place two years ago, the big question is: What does the repeal of "net neutrality' rules mean to you? In the short... Read More
