News
The legend of North Carolina’s most famous mother
NC native Anna Whistler’s portrait (and life) still captivate 150 years later.
Opinion
Carolinians helped shape comic culture
While we properly associate American pop culture with places such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, I’d recently come to appreciate the pivotal contributions of North and South Carolinians to the pulp fiction of the early 20th century and the comic-book culture that followed it.
Opinion
On Spitting Images & Other Expectoration
After years of contentious debate, the Rocky Mount city council has decided not to spent $45,000 on a statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. The episode reveals why coercive funding of the arts is problematic.
Opinion
The Arts — For Art’s Sake
A new RAND study debunks several common and absurd claims about the economic and academic returns from arts funding. Naturally, advocates of taxpayer subsidy aren't pleased.
Opinion
Fleeting Thoughts on the Budget
A few random musings on the just-passed House budget plan, including the definition of a tax increase, the three Republican yes-votes, and the wrongheaded ban on UNC's Qur'an reading.
