A short, busy, largely successful session
The N.C. General Assembly’s 2016-17 short session is over, the legislature has adjourned, and everyone is back in his or her district — either planning retirement or campaigning. A total of... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Our two great Robert Morgans
North Carolinians of my generation have been blessed with two important Robert Morgans. One is the mountain-born-and-raised and acclaimed writer who is featured this week on North Carolina Bookwatch... Read More
Can NC Treasurers serve two masters?
by Matt Caulder, Capitol Connection, July 21, 2016. Following the news that State Treasurer Janet Cowell has joined the boards of two companies based in the Triangle, while she is still in office, the... Read More
Actions vs. words in conservatives' treatment of women
Too often men in powerful positions abuse women. The pathetic advances plied upon women in subordinate positions is as bad as the misosgynist lyrics to violent songs which demean women yet command our... Read More
The truth about NC education spending
Fact check shows Pope-Civitas Institute used backwards math to tell false story on public schools budgets A recent post from Bob Luebke at the right-wing Pope-Civitas Institute incorrectly argues... Read More
Trump and "Tricky Dick"
You might not expect a presidential candidate to compare himself to America’s most crooked and disgraced President, but Donald Trump and his campaign chairman did just that this week. Trump and... Read More
Misleading Medicaid rhetoric instead of expansion
One of the most frustrating things about this General Assembly session was once again what lawmakers did not do. They actively chose not to join the 31 other states that have expanded Medicaid under... Read More
The infection of hate
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 19, 2016. Montrell Jackson’s Facebook appeal should be heard and heeded across this country: “These are trying times. Please don’t let hate infect your... Read More
Citing HB2, NBA pulls all-star game from Charlotte
by Aaron Schoonmaker, WRAL, July 21, 2016. The NBA is pulling the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte over North Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2, which requires that people use public bathrooms... Read More
NC GOP chairman: Find your own way home
When North Carolina Republican Chairman Robin Hayes asked fellow delegate Ted Hicks on Thursday what he thought of the convention speech by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Hicks was candid. “I thought it was a... Read More
