Downtowns change, like it or not
COVID had a devastating effect on downtowns, but those areas had been declining before 2020. Read More
NC Spin Articles
NC legislative leaders and the inevitable temptations of power
It takes a strong politician to avoid the temptations of power. This truth is on full and disheartening display at the North Carolina legislature. Read More
NC Supreme Court can rebalance use of deference
The doctrine of deference holds that in court cases the scales should be tilted or "deferred" to favor a legislative body or executive agency. Read More
A younger perspective
For years, with increasing urgency, presidential elections have felt like a world-ending, reality-altering, life-threatening, and chaos-inducing apocalypse on both sides of the political spectrum. Read More
‘Nutty’ ideas to eliminate national debt ― or are they?
A group of fiscally responsible Democrats and Republicans held down spending so that federal budgets were balanced in 1998-2001. Not much has been done by either side to balance them since. Read More
Robinson and Morrow fail to learn lessons of the past
Both want to return the $1.7 billion in federal education funds North Carolina receives every year. Read More
First Congress met in North Carolina
No less than Benjamin Franklin could have planted the seed that resulted in the First Provincial Congress in New Bern, as well as the first Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Read More
"That's my dad"
One young man’s tears and pride in his father said more than an ocean of words can say. Read More
Which road is worse?
Both presidential candidates have disadvantages but the question is which is worse? Read More
Lawsuit threatens to reveal secret maneuvering to bring casinos to North Carolina
Investigators should read the complaint, the request for documents, as well as the defendant's reluctance to disclose them. Read More
