Raise smoking age to 21
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, April 6, 2017. A bill in the state House that would raise the age of smoking and vaping to 21 is timely and welcome. House Bill 435 is being moved by a bipartisan... Read More
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Support new redistricting proposal
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, April 6, 2017. There is new hope on the horizon for fairer elections in North Carolina. Its name is House Bill 200. The legislation introduced in March by a... Read More
Blue moon opportunity
In the New York Times, Nate Cohn suggests that Democrats might be addressing the turnout problems they’ve faced in recent midterm elections. Nationally, the last two midterms were disasters for... Read More
After partial HB2 repeal NC remains woefully behind on anti-discrimination protections
Now that HB2 has been partially repealed, enough for the NCAA and ACC anyway, a lot of folks in Raleigh are hoping the issue of discrimination in North Carolina goes away for a while, at least for the... Read More
Sports and HB2
Roy Williams won another NCAA title. And Roy Cooper may have won us more NCAAs. Which highlights the big part that sports played in the HB2 repeal. Give the NCAA and ACC credit for an assist. Point to... Read More
A Ray of hope: Senators introduce needed child welfare reform
The child welfare system is a last resort for children who are at risk of serious injury, trauma, or even death. As a society, we have a moral obligation to provide these children with a safe... Read More
HB2 leaves scars behind even after repeal
A fine little line lurks just under one of the eyes that stares out at me from the bathroom mirror each morning. It marks where a plastic surgeon did a pretty good job of patching up a pretty bad... Read More
House takes a second run at bipartisan board of elections/ethics
House Republicans are taking another run at combining the State Board of Elections and the State Ethics Commission into one bipartisan board after a recent court decision shot down a similar change... Read More
Why did we move away from self-sufficiency?
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, March 31, 2017 I recall my late paternal grandmother telling me how much she looked forward to the third Friday of each month. This was the day her... Read More
Left doubles down on double standard
Dr. James Otteson, a business school professor at Wake Forest University, came up with an intriguing idea. What if he brought together a group of faculty, students, and outside scholars to explore how... Read More
