Opinion
Good, Bad, & Ugly of Budget
Watching the process of enacting a state budget plan for FY 2006-07, it isn’t hard to see the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Opinion
Year of Endangered Incumbents
Two pieces of political prognostication seem to offer varying views of party prospects in November, but a more careful reading suggests a commonality.
Opinion
The Pork & Beans Budget Strategy
State lawmakers say they have reformed the state budget process. So why is there so much talk of a second spending bill, to be run through after the first one is enacted and to contain pork-barrel projects?
Opinion
Will the leaders please step forward?
The state's budget surplus offers new opportunities for innovative ideas.
Opinion
400 Episodes, and Going Strong
The statewide public affairs program "NC Spin" has just taped its 400th episode. The occasion has drawn praise from prominent politicians — and, more importantly, from average North Carolinians.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
When it comes to divvying up education dollars, North Carolina’s charter schools always seem to get the short end of the stick. While these innovative schools are, in fact, public schools, they must often make do with far fewer dollars than traditional public schools.
Opinion
History of the World, Part None
It's happened again. North Carolina has attracted unwelcome national attention for having low academic standards.
Opinion
Not Enough Money for Everything
A leading state senator, defending the budget her chamber just approved, made the claim that "there wasn't enough money for everything." Perhaps it was regrets.
Opinion
On Reform, Process, and Outcomes
Do reform-oriented lawmakers and activists mean what they say when advocating measures to make legislative deliberations more open, fair, and, well, deliberative?
Opinion
No. 897: The Biggest Ethics Scandal
North Carolina's subsizing of appellate-judge campaigns is unethical and a violation of the First Amendment.
Opinion
No. 898: Senate Immigration Reform Bill Forfeits National Sovereignty
The U.S. Senate and Bush's immigration "reform" would destroy the sovereignty of our nation.
Opinion
Do we need a larger UNC system?
Politics should yield to practicality in the debate over a university's fate.
