NC Medicaid expansion: A political loser then and now
The television ad run against State Sen. Bob Steinburg was brutal. The ad accused Steinburg, R-Chowan, of being responsible for the closure of a rural hospital, leading to a woman’s death due to heart issues. Visuals in the ad include the woman’s husband visiting her gravesite. The message was clear: Steinburg was killing people by...
Diplomacy
There is no free ride
I doubt very seriously that most of us will be willing to pay high-enough taxes or fees to close a $24-billion gap between planned highway projects and expected revenues.
Economic liberty depends on judges who respect the Constitution
A lawyer who specializes in defending economic rights touts North Carolina's constitution and court precedents.
Ballot discovered
We can’t solve societal ills without strong fathers
We are living in an unprecedented time in American history. Never before have we had so many social issues or ills. From gun violence, teen pregnancy, incarceration, drug abuse, and the list goes on and on. As you read this, you are adding problems to the list yourself. If you just stop and think about...
Sleepy Joe
We all win when we argue
What we want is for our leaders to stop bickering so much. Only then can we have rich and productive arguments about the future of our state and nation.
Democrats, allies make clear: rules different for GOP justices
The current actions of the Democrat majority on the state Supreme Court, their liberal activist supporters, and the editorial writers of the state’s largest newspapers have made their position clear. Hundreds of years of precedent, tradition, and the written code of judicial ethics do not apply to you if you are elected by the citizens...
Woke generals
The music nearly died. Let’s not let it happen again
“The day the music died.” I thought about that song a lot last year. The music didn’t die then, exactly, but rather faded like that final guitar riff, the one before the band waves and turns its collective back on the crowd, who stay hoping the lights don’t come on. Not yet, they plead. One...