Good government is built on honesty and openness
Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.” Credited to Louis Brandeis from Harper’s Weekly in 1913, it was true then, and it’s true today. Shedding light on government leaves it... Read More
NC Spin Articles
GOP leaders pulling out the stops to maintain unconstitutional majority
Legislative leaders are scrambling for their political lives after the conservative U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the legislative districts they drew to lock in the power they gained in the... Read More
We're not all donkeys or elephants but the law ignores it
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 14, 2017. Too many of us still think in either-or political terms. What are you? Democrat or Republican? Lefty or righty? Donkey or elephant? And yet, that’s... Read More
Life expectancy gap in NC reveals lack of trust
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 12, 2017. If you are born and raised in North Carolina, chances are that you aren’t going to live as long as the average American. That fact — not the... Read More
Cowardly gunman inadvertently brought out our best on Flag Day
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, June 14, 2017. He was the worst of us but he’s bringing out the best in us. The cowardly gunman who rained rounds early Wednesday on GOP congressmen practicing... Read More
Democrats need to learn how to be a minority party
Democrats certainly won’t be lacking for candidates heading into 2018. Across the state, people are announcing their candidacies for Congress and legislature earlier than at any time in recent... Read More
Don't need thunder and lightning to make it rain
A Democratic warrior read that Governor Cooper’s job-approval rating is 61 percent. And the Republican legislature’s reelect rating is only 30 percent. So, he asked, “Why isn’t Cooper whacking... Read More
Chief Judge Linda McGee speaks out on 50th Anniversary of Court of Appeals
The North Carolina Court of Appeals celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. As the court heads into its next half century, Chief Judge Linda McGee has a lot of hopes, but the biggest is for an... Read More
Rural NC is not faring well under Trump
When Donald Trump ran for president, he promised to look after the “forgotten man.” Rural voters who felt left out by the economic recovery heard this promise and voted for Trump. Many of us did... Read More
What might have been with fair districts
by Paul O'Connor, The Insider, published in Asheville Citizen-Times, June 14, 2017 Over the last four years, Republican legislators, fueled by veto-proof majorities in both houses, have refashioned... Read More
