I have shared a list about North Carolina politics with you before. It was fun, at least for me. Here’s another one. In no particular order, these are my top five most interesting and impactful members of the state’s congressional delegation from the critical Civil-War-until-World-War-II period. George Henry White only served…
We might have a better chance of getting governmental busybodies to mind their own business if we really and truly minded our own business.
The General Assembly should stick to the business it needs to complete before the end of the year.
If Democrats can retain the allegiance of inner-suburb voters, the GOP will struggle in future elections in North Carolina and other fast-growing states.
The Wall Street Journal warns of a troubling new scheme. It gives privately funded environmental litigator/activists (who are unaccountable to the people) state police power: In August 2017 the NYU outfit emailed then-New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office that demonstrated how the new attorneys would be used. These privately funded…
Members who serve on the 168 boards that control local alcohol sales in North Carolina are doing good work. Know how we know? Because state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission officials, including one who’s no longer with the agency, say so. The ABC…
In North Carolina’s 2018 midterm elections, Democrats underperformed in the congressional races and overperformed in state ones.
I’m only half joking when I argue that a true sports fan loathes his archrival more than he loves his own team. Sure, it’s an exaggeration. But one suspects that at least some Boston Red Sox supporters enjoy feasting on New York Yankee futility more than they celebrate their own…
Although you may strongly disagree with victorious politicians against whose election you worked, keep in mind that they believe their public service will advance the public good as they see it.
From the time it was announced in January, the agreement between Gov. Roy Cooper and the companies building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline invited questions about its constitutionality, legality, and practicality. North Carolinians are poised to get answers when work by a subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental…
