Cooper's priorities for 2019
Cleaning out my notebook and found notes from Governor Cooper’s address to the NC Rural Assembly on November 16, 2018. He outlined his priorities for 2019. 2018 wraps on a contentious note between... Read More
NC Spin Articles
New Primary in 9th District is Unconstitutional
As the controversy over whether Republican Mark Harris should be certified by the N.C. Board of Elections as the 9th Congressional District winner swirls, Harris and his Democratic opponent, Dan... Read More
In District 9, investigators need to heed the truth, not the clock
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
Give them a book
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
Fraud claims should trouble conservatives
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
Temper power with responsibility
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
Internet-access-in-NC-focus
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
What we should have seen coming in 9th district election
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
Credit where credit is due
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
The endless legislative session and NC's big government conservatives
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
