by Thomas Mills | Oct 3, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Health Care, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, NCGov |
Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is telling the truth on the GOP. After news came out that North Carolina’s insurance rates would be, on average, higher than the nation as a whole, Goodwin told us why. It seems that in their effort to delay and obstruct Obamacare,...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 30, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Health Care, NC Politics, NCGA, Politics |
You would think that Pat McCrory would get fed up. Virtually every day there is another bad headline about the Department of Health and Human Services. But, nope, he thinks the department and its leader, Secretary Aldona Wos are doing just fine. The latest flap is...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 27, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA |
The media gave Orson Scott Card a pass. Card is the award-winning author that Sen. Phil Berger appointed to the UNC TV Board of Trustees. He’s also a homophobe who calls homosexuality a “dysfunction” and quite clearly compared Obama to Hitler. And none of the media...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 12, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NCGA, US Senate
Looks like I’m wrong again. For months, I’ve been saying that Phil Berger wasn’t going to run for U. S. Senate. Well, he’s either running or he’s spending a lot of money and energy giving Thom Tillis heartburn. Or maybe he’s just trying to show Tillis how it’s done....
by Alexander H. Jones | Sep 11, 2013 | NC Senate Races, NCGA
Orange County just gained an excellent Senator in Valerie Foushee. With a background that differs in some ways from the county’s dominant wing, Foushee adds useful functions to their political toolbox. As a liberal pragmatist, Foushee provides welcome geographical and...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 9, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA |
In his Sunday column in the N&O, Rob Christensen laid bare the problems with the Republican agenda in North Carolina. The rationales for many of their actions during this past session of the legislature are based on falsehoods. As I’ve said before, they are...
