A manifesto for moderates
Anyone observing today’s political landscape cannot escape the domination from the conservative right and the liberal left. Both are loud and active advocates for their positions, but what is... Read More
My Spin by Tom Campbell
Reminders of our past
Even without television, telephones or telegraphs word spread quickly throughout the colonies about the fighting that took place between the British and Colonials at Lexington and Concord in April... Read More
Does the legislature need a curfew?
Nothing happens on the streets of this town after midnight that you need to be a part of,” my parents told me as a teen. Concerned I had neither the experience nor the judgment to impose this... Read More
Voter ID is dead....or is it?
Voter ID is dead in North Carolina…or is it? U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ pronouncement on the matter raises many questions, and whereas opponents of the 2013 Voter ID law were... Read More
The biggest issue
What’s the biggest issue facing North Carolina today? That was the question posed at a recent lunch with Leslie Boney, the newly named Director of the Institute for Emerging Issues. Boney wants to... Read More
Can government force behavioral change?
In the late 1970s, I was appointed to the Economic Development Board. At the time I lived in Northeastern North Carolina and believed rural areas deserved to get their share of the economic growth and... Read More
The Six Word Story
Celebrated novelist Ernest Hemingway was once reported to have made a bet with companions that he could write a novel in six words. He asked each to put $10 in a pot, saying that if he could construct... Read More
Is history about to repeat itself? Burr's opportunity
In 1973, Senator Sam Ervin, a self-described “country lawyer” from Morganton, was chosen to head the Senate Select Committee investigating the Watergate break-in. That investigation ultimately led... Read More
Learning more about learning more
The most important function of state government is education, as evidenced by the fact that North Carolina spends 57 cents of every tax dollar on primary and secondary education. Better-educated... Read More
