by Thomas Mills | May 21, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGOP, NCGov |
Pat McCrory rode to victory on a wave of dissatisfaction with the Raleigh political establishment and a stubbornly high unemployment rate. When he talked about fixing government, the voters thought McCrory meant ending the decade of scandals that had plagued two...
by Alexander H. Jones | May 20, 2013 | NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP
Last week, I argued the Republican agenda was driven not by common concerns but by ideological zeal. Surveying the Senate’s new budget proposal, however, the second half of that interpretation looks less plausible. The harshness, even brutality, of this budget...
by Thomas Mills | May 16, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NCGOP, Religion
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of...
by Thomas Mills | May 13, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Gun Control, NC Politics, NCGOP
Let me start by saying that I grew up with guns and I still own one. I don’t believe that we should make guns illegal or repeal the Second Amendment. Not many people do. I do believe that we should use common sense to protect the public. That said, with their position...
by Alexander H. Jones | May 9, 2013 | NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP |
Senator Berger’s new tax plan leaves little doubt about his vision of North Carolina. Mountains of empirical evidence to the contrary, he won’t let go of his admiration for the South Carolina-Mississippi model. Whether this is the result of ideological passion or...
by Matt Phillippi | May 7, 2013 | Features, Immigration, NC Politics, NCGOP
“Latinos are Republicans, they just don’t know it yet.” Ronald Reagan said that, proving that Republicans are right about one thing that their party desperately needs; more Reagan. Reagan came up in politics in California in the turbulent 1960’s a decade that saw...
