A ballooning federal debt no one is talking about 

The only thing more worrying than the federal government’s recent announcement that the debt had reached $22 trillion, or 104 percent of GDP, was that it generated such little attention.    In the 1980s and 1990s, by contrast, the issue was a central feature of the national conversation. Congressional leaders from both parties crafted a series...

You can’t always get what you want

Arguments for Prohibition in 1917 hold no place for lawmakers today

As I listened Tuesday to a N.C. House committee discuss an alcohol bill, I thought about how America debated the 18th Amendment. In 1917, and for years after that. I thought about how we spoke to each other — those influenced by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League. Those from worlds where...

Jumping to conclusions

‘We will act, and we will succeed’

Train and pay principals wisely

Few missions will be as important, and as challenging, as preparing the next generation of principals to lead North Carolina’s schools.