Thom Tillis wants more visas for workers
by Jim Tynen, Civitas Review online, July 13, 2017 I have to hand it to the N&O, it’s had some stories recently that made me sit up at the breakfast table and say, “What the …?” Like this one... Read More
NC Spin Articles
State school leader likes working in the dark
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, July 14, 2017. State school superintendent Mark Johnson might be in the wrong job. Instead of in Raleigh, perhaps he should be in Washington, handling White House... Read More
Charity game nights under fire as lottery gambling continues
Editorial by Wilson Daily Times, July 13, 2017. Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill authorizing charity game nights for fear that the gambling law carve-out would become a Trojan horse for video poker... Read More
Subject mastery produces best teaching
While there is no shortage of opinions and controversy about how best to improve schooling, virtually everyone agrees that the quality of teaching is the critical variable. To improve schooling is... Read More
North Carolina's economic "U-turn"
by Dr. Michael Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, June 30, 2017. By some measures, North Carolina’s economy has moved in reverse compared to the national economy in recent years. Specifically, two... Read More
Another no-drama budget cycle
North Carolinians had much to celebrate over the Independence Day weekend. Unlike residents of, say, New Jersey. Even though the Garden State had no budget in place, Jerseyites saw Gov. Chris Christie... Read More
N. C. needs migrants
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 6, 2017. What if people began to move back to North Carolina’s small towns and rural areas? What if they started family farms, the kind people have been... Read More
Take politics out of our judicial system
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 2, 2017. Sometimes a bad idea becomes a gift that keeps on giving. So it is with the General Assembly’s attempt to politicize key institutions and its... Read More
School districts prepare for another year of class size controversy
When North Carolina legislators pushed through their $23 billion budget plan in June, it included one key, last-minute insertion in a separate technical corrections bill. State lawmakers wrote that it... Read More
Is North Carolina stuck in an abusive relationship?
The last seven years in North Carolina politics and policy have been extraordinary. In a very short period of time, a once moderate state has been transformed into a kind of laboratory for far right... Read More
