President Bush has had a good several weeks, but he would be much better off, politically and substantively, had he not listened to those constantly urging "compromise."
A bad editorial decision by National Geographic has forced another decision: whether to cancel a longtime subscription or punish journalists for shoddy work.
Harvard economist Caroline M. Hoxby has just issued the most effective rejoinder to the misleading AFT "study" of charter school achievement that's been much in the news of late: she's done a far better study, and it yields far different results.
North Carolina Democrats and national Republicans are trumpeting polls showing their leaders with healthy margins. But elections aren't called in the seventh inning.
The NC Board of Transportation simultaneously did the right thing and the wrong thing in devoting a larger share of taxes to road maintenance. We also need more investment in new roads.
The 2004 national elections are supposed to be about one primary issue: the Bush administration's prosecution of the war in Iraq and elsewhere. But that's not how it works.
CBS’s evasion and defensiveness over allegedly forged documents that it used as the basis for a report that questioned President Bush’s Texas Air National Guard service is reminiscent of the way the network treated another controversial story — allegations of abuse among home-schoolers.
In the sweep of American history, little evidence can be found suggesting that a robust political life is possible by following only the rules of "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer."
No Excuses offers a thoughtful debate on the failure of public schools, but stops short of providing any remedies.
RALEIGH — The hundreds of millions of dollars of new public debt, perhaps billions, that would be added to the burden of future generation of North Carolinians if Constitutional Amendment #1 passes Nov 2 does not fit into the definition good public debt. It would be a good thing, however, for a few property owners, real estate agents, developers, bankers, a few politicians and other deal makers who benefit at the public expense.
The issues of charter schools and parental choice in education promise to stay at the forefront of political debate this year. Here are some more reading assignments.
