November 2018
On the cover
• Spellings: Come and gone — UNC System president resigns (continued Pages 8-9)
News
• Quick Takes, Pages 2 – 7
• Playing with public money?, Page 10
• Looking to land auto plant, state pushed not-ready-for-primetime megabyte, Page 12
• Polls: Opinions on post-Florence policy ideas, Page 24
Interviews
• Christian Miller: Expert contends our character is not as good as we might think, Page 18
• Matthew Ladner: School choice critics attack private schools over curriculum, Page 19
Opinion
• Terry Stoops commentary: Do relocating businesses care about public school spending?, Page 14
• Mitch Kokai commentary: State’s fiscal health depends on more than just one politician, Page 15
• Roy Cordato commentary: Caring about science: Carbon is not carbon dioxide, Page 16
• Shannon Watkins commentary: Can higher ed revive rural North Carolina?, Page 17
• George Leef commentary: Exposing the harms of the ‘diversity delusion,’ Page 17
• Editorial: North Carolinians have reason to be optimistic, Page 20
• Becki Gray commentary: Weathering the storm through bold leadership, Page 20
• John Trump commentary: Riders ultimately responsible for keeping scooters in Raleigh, Page 22
• Michael Walden commentary: Why do we take risks?, Page 22
• Andy Taylor commentary: We can’t go back, and that’s the problem, Page 23
• Marc Rotterman commentary: Senate Majority Leader McConnell is on a roll, reshaping the judiciary, Page 23
Commentary by John Hood
• Tell the truth about our schools, Page 21
• State should continue conservative reforms, Page 21
• Power grid cost deserves attention, Page 21