Burr's big moment
The Senate Watergate investigation of 1973-1974 made a national hero of a “country lawyer” from North Carolina, Sam Ervin. A current North Carolina senator, Richard Burr, has a chance to step into... Read More
NC Spin Articles
DeVos attackers surrender high ground
The recent appointment of U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos exhibited much that is destructive, even demented, about our current political discourse. While objections to her lack of experience in... Read More
Wimpy politicians create fiscal mess
Other than Dale Folwell, North Carolina’s new state treasurer, no state politician made a big campaign issue last fall of the condition of the health plan for teachers and state employees. Did you... Read More
NC Immigration politics has dark history
While the controversy over President Donald Trump's immigration policies has roiled the nation, immigration has a long history as part of Tar Heel politics. North Carolina, until recent decades, had... Read More
Don't ask taxpayers for pay for speaking freely in the pulpit
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, February 9, 2017. U.S. Reps. Jody Hice and Steve Scalise and U.S. Sen. James Lankford were fulfilling a promise embedded in the Republican platform when they recently... Read More
We need a Hail Mary on HB2, Senator Berger
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, February 7, 2017. The New England Patriots showed that it’s not over till it’s over. But in North Carolina, the game is over – unless Phil Berger suddenly comes... Read More
Re-tooling the Democratic machine
Democrats have long way to go to get out of the hole they’re in. In the last seven years, they’ve lost both Houses of Congress and the presidency. They’ve lost 1,000 legislative seats and... Read More
The GOP's false and telling choice for public schools
The 2017 General Assembly session is only a few weeks old but there’s already a compelling example of what’s wrong with the way things are being done in Raleigh and why the conventional wisdom... Read More
Republicare?
Donald Trump and congressional Republicans made a big promise in 2016. They would repeal Obamacare. Immediately. Totally. End of discussion. Now, maybe not so much. Republicans on Capitol Hill say the... Read More
Cooper and courts blocking Constitutional confirmation
Today a three-judge panel in North Carolina issued a temporary restraining order blocking a law that required state Senate approval for Governor Cooper’s Cabinet nominees. Civitas President Francis... Read More
