Race relations gains?
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, January 20, 2016. Sometimes the numbers tell us one thing but our guts say something else. The scales tell us we’ve lost weight but our waistbands tell us no way... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Medicaid expansion still a bad deal
John Daniel Davidson explains for National Review Online readers why Medicaid expansion remains a bad idea for the states who have not yet taken the Obama administration’s bait. The offer, which... Read More
Forest says most of money for Masters' degrees didn't benefit classrooms
Ahead of this fall’s election, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest swung through the county briefly Tuesday to let voters know he feels the state’s Republican-led legislature has the momentum to push North... Read More
Civitas polls shows GOP primary a toss-up
A new Civitas poll shows the upcoming GOP primary is a virtual toss-up in North Carolina. The poll asked likely Republican primary election voters who their current choice is among the Republican... Read More
NC Controller gives NCAE until Feb. 1 to verify membership
North Carolina's Office of State Controller has asked the state's largest teachers group to verify its membership numbers or risk losing the ability to have members deduct their dues directly from... Read More
A nasty guy
He’s a nasty guy. A very nasty guy.” Donald Trump was talking about Ted Cruz and with the same uncanny instinct that unmanned Jeb Bush with two words (“low-energy”) he’d put his finger on... Read More
Divided we stand
It’s not just that our nation is divided. Both parties are divided. The Democrats’ division is generational. The Republicans’ division is personal. One party’s insurgency comes from the left... Read More
A list to counter the election year spin on education
If you want to cut through the election-year spin about what the folks currently in charge in Raleigh have done to public education in the state in the last few years, a publication released this week... Read More
Trump keeps gaining in NC; Clinton maintains huge lead
North Carolina was the first place polling ever found Donald Trump leading the Republican Presidential race, and he just keeps getting stronger. PPP's newest poll finds him at 38% to 16% for Ted Cruz... Read More
Sales taxes, fees not the best route
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, January 21, 2016. What's the latest big idea out of Raleigh? Applying the sales tax to museum gift shops. That proposal, included in a proposed tax bill that was... Read More
