Opinion
A Charge Too Far
Perdue is simply mistaken on economic policy and sometimes fails to communicate effectively. Neither failing reflects on her intelligence.
News
‘Diversity’ Cited By NAACP in Opposition to Proposed Lee Charter School
CHAPEL HILL — The NAACP’s opposition to the charter school, designed to close the academic achievement gap hampering minority children in Orange County, is emblematic of a national schism among blacks regarding school choice.
Opinion
Flashback: Some Policies on the Rocks
Do we want ABC stores to succeed as businesses, by maximizing revenues and profits, or do we want them to succeed as regulators of liquor consumption, by dampening revenues and profits?
Opinion
Finally, Truth on Test Scores
While North Carolina politicians preened for the cameras and collected meaningless awards, the testing program they created became known as one of the least-rigorous systems in the U.S.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
Since the General Assembly's 2005 session opened this January, lawmakers have introduced more than 2,900 bills. Some bills are straightforward and popular: S1169 honors the UNC Tar Heels for winning the 2005 NCAA men's basketball championship. Others, like S622, the state budget, are far more complicated and politicized.
Opinion
No. 779: Ahem, State Board Really Means Business
It's not nice to bully someone, so the State Board of Education is really, really going to crack down on troublemakers.
Opinion
Letting Sleeping Dogs Lie
North Carolina's State Board of Education decided Wednesday not to take a necessary action -- because it would look bad.
Opinion
An Alcoholic Blackout
Sen. Howard Lee pushed through the welcome creation of a study commission to look at NC’s incoherent alcohol-control laws. Now he, and the commission, are out of (legislative) business.
Opinion
Throw the Local Bums Out
While there was no widespread sentiment in evidence in Tuesday's balloting against North Carolina state legislators, a number of local contests revealed a willingness to throw out longtime incumbents.
Opinion
Several Three-Pointers & An Airball
A few early reactions to Primary 2002.
Opinion
An Ill Wind Blowing?
So it's come down to this: we finally get a U.S. Senate primary, two insurgent challengers count on turnout in Eastern N.C. to catapult them to an upset – and then a subtropical storm shows up.
Opinion
It’s the Last Lap
Candidates for federal and state offices are spending Labor Day revving up for their last lap around the primary track. What to look for as the cars pass you by.
