After a left-wing activist blasted the Raleigh News & Observer for what he considered pro-Bush coverage of the war in Iraq, the resulting email exchange was revealing.
A federal court has just upheld a ruling striking down limits on contributions to issue-advocacy groups. NC campaigns just got a lot freer -- but don't expect universal acclaim.
In a new poll, even flawed questions showed that North Carolinians support capital punishment and oppose a "moratorium" that is transparently an attempt to ban it.
When natural disasters create immediate needs for government expenditure, it certainly helps to clarify the need for setting fiscal priorities.
UNC-CH leftists are incensed about the decision to fund Coulter's speech. Why should they pay — through their student fees — to support Coulter, whose views they find odious? In other words, they're sounding like conservatives, who've been objecting to their being made to support leftist causes through student fees for years.
The Howard Dean phenomenon is party reflective of the fact that many Democratic partisans want to go after President Bush on the war. That's the wrong choice.
Another angle on Gen. Wesley Clark's presidential announcement this week is that the Clintons, who were apparently behind it, care little about their own party.
After a relatively calm August, September is turning out to be a stormy month. Oh, and then there's that hurricane.
The governor is now quite visibly pitching job creation in North Carolina -- and wants more of your money to throw around doing it.
The North Carolina Senate returns to Raleigh this week for a special session focused on medical malpractice. It's a serious issue, but why are lawmakers really coming to town?
Where’s state Attorney General Roy Cooper when North Carolina’s taxpayers really need him? For quite some time now, the mild-mannered defender of truth, justice, and the North Carolina way has been waging a never-ending battle on TV, warning the public of various con artists, hucksters, and other undesirable characters who prey on trusting consumers. Strangely enough, though, Cooper has been silent about a gang of rip-off artists who reside in his own backyard: North Carolina’s predatory politicians.
