According to multiple media reports, there will likely be major efforts during the 2023 session of the North Carolina General Assembly to raise and reform teacher compensation and enact other public-education reforms while also expanding the state’s school-choice programs. Are such initiatives inconsistent? Not at all. One can be in favor both of improving public...
The ongoing battle for the U.S. House's top job prompts some N.C. political observers to look back 20n years.
Mama bears. The image that comes to mind is a giant female grizzly going berserk upon realizing something or someone has come between her and her baby. My wife says “I bore that child in pain,” and all of that pain, and more, will come down on anything, or anyone, threatening that divine biological womb-bond....
The governor's concerns about rotating power outages remind this observer of a famous fictional movie character.
When COVID-19 first struck North Carolina nearly three years ago, Gov. Roy Cooper responded with a series of executive orders that closed or limited the operations of schools, businesses, public amenities, and even churches. Cooper’s attempt to regulate worship services didn’t survive legal challenge, but most of his other pandemic policies stayed in place for...
On the first day of 2023, Republicans officially took over majority control of North Carolina's highest court.
The traditional holiday question to children, “Have you been naughty or nice?” is a perfect lead-in to the economic outlook in 2023. As 2022 ends and 2023 begins, we face two economic challenges — inflation and recession. The big questions are, will inflation return to normal in 2023, and if so, will it take a...
