N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper briefs the media about recent controversies surrounding the State Bureau of Investigation. These are the opening remarks from the Sept. 8, 2010, news conference.
Politics should be less important
It might sound odd to hear this from someone who’s been writing a syndicated column on politics for nearly four decades, but politics has become vastly more important in our lives than it should be. Virtually every decision we make in our ostensibly free society is now subject to review, refinement, and reversal by some...