Opinion
No. 925: DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL IN CORRUPT N.C.
Pity the press in North Carolina: They fail to investigate widespread corruption and they let politicians stall their way out of accountability.
Opinion
A Movement Is Not A Party
It’s already a cliché to say the 2006 electorate repudiated GOP control of Congress but not the conservative movement or the case for limited government. That doesn't mean it isn’t true.
Opinion
Charter school achievement
WASHINGTON, DC — There is useful information to be plucked from the mess of charter school studies. This analysis does the hard work for us. The authors evaluated 58 recent comparisons of charter school and district school performance.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
Author and satirist Ambrose Bierce once said, “There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.” Bierce’s pithy words were written almost 100 years ago, but they could just as easily speak to the pedagogical ignorance rampant in our public schools.
Opinion
Getting A Lot for the Trade-In
Although most of the post-election talk about realignment has been hooey, there is a trend that was codified in the 2006 outcomes. The trade issue has become partisan.
Opinion
Best Route to Transportation Solution
According to a federal report, half of all commutes are suburb-to-suburb. Only 19 percent are what is misleadingly called the “traditional” suburb-to-downtown commute.
Opinion
Looking for Mr. Heath Bar
For the coveted post of post-election “It” Guy or Gal, the 2006 field of nominees includes many national figures. But North Carolina’s Heath Shuler is a legitimate contender.
Opinion
Four School Bonds, Three Lessons, & One Bitter Pill
School systems across the state use different tactics to win support for new school funding.
Opinion
No. 924: THE DEMOCRATIC TSUNAMI
The Democrats mauled Republicans because big-government neoconservatives abandoned the conservative principles that brought them to power.
Opinion
A Broad But Not a Deep Victory
Democrats won an impressively broad victory in state races this year. No doubt about it. But it was not a deep victory. It was not transformational.
Opinion
Common sense has left the building!
Elvis song stylings based on academic research trying to prove your politics are genetic.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
For an American electorate, the waiting is over and the votes are in. Across the board – nationally and locally – Democrats won big at the polls on Tuesday. Republican losses signal a Democratic takeover in the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats also appear to have taken control of the U.S. Senate, thanks to a razor-thin victory by Jim Webb over incumbent Senator George Allen.
