Why Unions Block Reform
If our goal is helping youngsters learn, we should adopt policies likely to result in a significant turnover in the teaching profession.
The big leak
Will Primary Nastiness Hurt The GOP in Efforts to Retake the 8th Congressional District?
A hard-fought campaign among Republicans slowed efforts to unseat freshman Democrat Larry Kissell in a swing Congressional district.
Invasion of the Freedom Snatchers
No Shortcut to NC Growth
Any state politicians pinning their hopes for electoral or fiscal improvement on rapid job growth later this year should brace themselves for disappointment.
North Carolina Dodges a Tax-Financed Bullet
Democrats tried to sneak a provision limiting First Amendment rights into the short session's ethics reform bill.
Poll watchers
An Ironic Deal on Tax Penalties
North Carolina businesses will no longer be punished for failure to comply with rules the state neglects to publish.
Digging a hole
Round and Round He Goes
Time to clear out my notebook again, with comments on video gambling, transportation, university funding, and financial reform.