Opinion
Cowell’s New Enervation Fund
For as long as there have been state treasurers managing state pension funds, there have been attempts by political insiders to scam some of the money with promises of “creating jobs.”
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Jobs Blame
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What a Year to Return to North Carolina
RALEIGH — A few days ago, my wife — who’s not at all ashamed of her liberal sensibilities — read Carolina Journal's most recent news story about a real estate scandal involving former Gov. Mike Easley, and said, “Good lord, we’ve moved to Chicago!”
Opinion
An All-American Partisan Press
RALEIGH — Partisan reporting — what one excludes is often as important as what he or she includes — should no longer hide, as it has been doing for some time, behind a disguise called “objectivity.” With an issue-driven and/or partisan press, viewers, listeners, and readers will know what they are watching, hearing, and reading.
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Junk Science
Opinion
Stop Digging The Debt Hole
I know that Gov. Beverly Perdue and incoming Senate Majority Leader Martin Nesbitt are intelligent individuals. I don’t know why they continue to advocate foolish ideas.
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Alvin, Simon, and Theodore Explain Student Spending
RALEIGH -- Does North Carolina's method of funding public schools favor wealthy counties at the expense of poor ones? The facts suggest otherwise.
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Strings Attached
Opinion
Setting Borders On Arts Funding
Max Borders has written such an interesting and well-reasoned study of the School of the Arts that I refuse to tell you anything more about it.
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Meltdown
Opinion
Another Judicial Dead End
Remember all the talk about the Leandro case revolutionizing public education in North Carolina? Well, it obviously hasn’t.
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