Depressed - and deploring Trump
Happy Thanksgiving? Bah, humbug, say a lot of Democrats. Two weeks after a loss they didn’t see coming, they’re still sorting through four of the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Remember small business Saturday
The National Federation of Independent Business is America's leading small business advocate. We are proud to represent 350,000 small, independent business owners nationwide, including over 7,000 in... Read More
Better and less costly
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 25, 2016. If President Donald Trump and a Republican Congress can repeal Obamacare and replace it immediately with better medical coverage for less cost... Read More
More conservative gains are coming
Regardless of the ultimate outcome of the governor’s race, North Carolina will continue its role as one of the nation’s leading practitioners of conservative reform and innovation. I’m not... Read More
Local Democrats need some soul searching
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, November 18, 2016. The Democratic Party is reeling at all levels after the Nov. 8 election. They didn’t see this coming. The narrative before Donald Trump’s... Read More
Next governor will probably be a weak one
by Paul O'Connor, Capital Press Association, published in The Salisbury Post, November 14, 2016. Although we can’t be certain who our next governor will be, we can be relatively certain that, for... Read More
Trumping a weary nation
On Nov. 9, it became official: Donald John Trump, our improbable Republican candidate, would be the 45th president of the United States. The media was dumbfounded and still doesn’t get it, nor do... Read More
Lawmakers differ whether court-packing proposal is on the table
Veteran House member says matter explored in GOP caucus; others deny it Republican legislative leaders have remained silent over the last week about whether or not a possible court-packing plan... Read More
Don't pack the Supreme Court
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 15, 2016 Sources have told the Journal’s Richard Craver and Bertrand M. Gutierrez that state GOP legislators may soon move to put two additional justices... Read More
Anglers angling for tougher rules on shrimp trawlers
On a sunny fall day when commercial fishermen would normally be on the water hoping for a big catch, many were crammed into a dimly lit hotel ballroom in Kitty Hawk on Thursday trying to head off... Read More
