When the Obama administration and its congressional allies enacted the Affordable Care Act more than a decade ago, Medicaid expansion was its centerpiece.
By now, we are all too familiar with the struggles of pandemic-era education for both families and schools. The last 18 months will go down as one of the most challenging times in our nation’s history for students, teachers, and parents. For more evidence of learning loss, look no further than the latest round of...
I live in Stanly County, and freedom-loving people in my community have been fighting for months to push our all-Republican school board to make masks optional in schools. Unfortunately, we have yet to effect change. But given that 108 of 115 North Carolina school districts still require masks in schools, I know we’re not alone. Words...
Between now and next November, if North Carolina Republicans are talking about anything other than President Biden’s long list of failures they are doing themselves no favors. While Biden’s failures are mounting, and since the policies aren’t sound, Republicans just need to stay out of their own way. The October Civitas poll just released by...
The N.C. State Fair, after a year off because of COVID, is back, and it’s spectacular. Glorious weather and, from my point of view, an almost perfect event. State Agriculture Commission Steve Troxler, fair Manager G. Kent Yelverton, and their staffs deserve tons of credit. Troxler, in canceling the fair last year, showed the type...
A lot of this angst is fueled by a truth many Americans have or should have known all along – the government is ill-equipped to solve most problems in society.
Former Joint Chiefs Chairman and Secretary of State, Colin Powell has died. News of General Powell’s untimely passing shook the entire world. Powell was seen as one of the last true patriots living in this nation. Countless world leaders, corporate executives, and community activists rushed to social media to share a small tribute of what...
Our communities need more policing, not less. That’s what North Carolina’s recent surge in violence tells us.
