We were never in Kansas
As the general election campaign begins in North Carolina, you can expect to hear a lot about Kansas. Yes, I can read a map. Kansas and North Carolina aren’t exactly neighbors. But when it comes to... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Subsidies leave small business growth untapped
Private firms receive a much smaller share of the taxpayer money designed to spur job growth in North Carolina than their larger, public counterparts, and critics say that tactic is leaving a major... Read More
What can we learn from the 70s gas crisis?
Two important events happened in my life 40 years ago. I met my future wife. And I was an unwilling participant of the decade’s gas crisis. The first event went well – my wife and I have been... Read More
Don't change N.C.'s math curriculum
This coming week the North Carolina House and Senate will vote on House Bill 657, which would give high school students and middle school students who qualify a choice between one of two mathematics... Read More
No valedictorians? Study this assignment hard
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 20, 2016. Who had the best grades in your graduating class? Thursday's Observer featured this year's honor roll of valedictorians from schools across... Read More
NC photo ID, voting law challenges return to court
Far-reaching voting changes in North Carolina approved by Republicans three years ago and upheld by a federal judge now head to an appeals court that previously sided with those challenging the law on... Read More
School reform is good economics
Although the debate about education policy is robust, complicated, and sometimes vitriolic, there is actually broad agreement about the bottom line: if our students were better prepared for college... Read More
The Friday follies
A puzzling move on a bad idea for the state One of the more puzzling developments of this week was the decision by Senate leaders to delay consideration until next Saturday of a proposal to put a... Read More
Let's name gun safety bill after Orlando victims
Guns do not kill people. People kill people. If you can say that with a straight face and truly believe it in your heart after the recent horror in Orlando, then you are probably not going to like... Read More
The right to bully
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 18, 2016. Bullying has been around forever, but the internet and social media can raise it to new levels of torment. Did the authors of the First Amendment... Read More
