Education disaster
The 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress report, also known as The Nation’s Report Card, shows that U.S. educational achievement, to put it nicely, leaves much to be desired. When it... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Emotional issues can be turned into political attack ads
There she goes again. N.C. Supreme Court Justice Robin Hudson, I mean. Last year, Hudson was the target of TV attack ads calling her soft on child molesters. She survived the assault, easily winning... Read More
Where does NC tax climate rank this year?
The Tax Foundation today released its new 2016 State Business Tax Climate Index. True to its name, the Index ranks the 50 states according to how conducive each state's tax code is to job creation... Read More
Third parties call on NC to ease ballot access laws
Representatives of three smaller political parties are calling on state lawmakers to make it easier for them to put their candidates on the ballot in North Carolina. Spokespeople for the state’s... Read More
Former SEANC director: 'I am a thief'
A longtime director of the State Employees Association of North Carolina pleaded guilty Tuesday to fraud charges after he used more than $570,000 of the organization's money for personal expenses... Read More
Another way to cut taxes
Over the past five years, North Carolina has become a more attractive place to work, live, invest, and do business. The state tax burden is lower — by hundreds of millions of dollars a year — and... Read More
Why should NC halt Syrian influx?
Gov. Pat McCrory has asked the federal government to stop sending Syrians to resettle in North Carolina, until NC officials are assured there are no terrorists mingled with innocent refugees. Speaking... Read More
Burr: Obama has no strategy to defeat ISIS
President Obama has no strategy to defeat ISIS, Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told John Dickerson, host of the CBS news program “Face the Nation” Sunday morning... Read More
Paris attacks a warning to protect the home front
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, November 16, 2015. On a day President Obama admitted the terrorist attacks in Paris represented a “sickening setback” in America’s battle against the Islamic... Read More
McCrory's "ketchup is a vegetable" unemployment insurance system
NC finds the solution to replenishing its unemployment fund: Don’t help the unemployed Thirty-four years ago, the administration of President Ronald Reagan stirred up one of the great domestic... Read More
