The N&O at 120
My first thought when I read that The News & Observer is 120 years old was, “Holy cow, that’s old.” My second thought was, “Hold the coffee, I’ve been reading the paper for HALF ITS LIFE... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Funding the UNC system
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, August 10, 2014. If there’s a magic formula that will balance the quality of a University of North Carolina education against student tuition, financial aid and... Read More
Is inflation ready to take a leap?
Two key concerns in our economy are unemployment and inflation. We want both to be low. When unemployment is low, more people have jobs and earn income. When inflation is low, the dollars we earn don... Read More
College sports reform chasing mirage of exploitation, profits
The hubbub over money in big-time college sports is making one thing perfectly clear: Our universities are doing a terrible job teaching economics. The debate centers on two assumptions. The first is... Read More
The return of boy mayor Tom Bradshaw
Usually people who have stretches of interstate highway named after them do not embark on state Senate careers, especially, knowing that if they win, they would be starting out as a freshman of the... Read More
McCrory scrambling to change the budget he was "proud to sign"
The more days that pass since Governor Pat McCrory signed the state budget, the more confusing that budget becomes, especially when trying to figure out what it means for public schools in North... Read More
Extending the benefits debate
Justin Wolfers, a University of Michigan economist and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, wrote a piece for The New York Times a couple of weeks ago that was partly a response to a previous... Read More
A cynical new age for college athletics
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, August 11, 2014. Too often in America today events meet the lowered expectations of our more cynical natures. Case in point, this statement last week by University... Read More
What to do
Over lunch Mickey and Minnie were talking about Governor McCrory’s statement last week on the influx of child immigrants from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. Mickey was outraged. “McCrory... Read More
Hidden changes
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, August 12, 2014. On the day the state Senate adopted the budget, Jeff Jackson from Charlotte stood to debate the bill. He complained that the 260-page spending... Read More
