by Thomas Mills | May 7, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Education |
For years conservatives have complained that liberals are controlling our colleges and universities, especially public ones, and squashing academic freedom. Now, it turns out that private donors are using their money to exert influence over the administration of...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 18, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Religion, Republicans |
Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, a leader of North Carolina’s pro-adultery wing of the evangelical movement, called politics the “religion of the left.” That’s pretty ironic coming from the party that put an amendment on the ballot to prevent marriage equality based on...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 17, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
Tax Day reminds us that the GOP has two conflicting talking points on taxes. On the one hand, they like to tell us that cutting taxes puts more money into the pockets of working people. On the other, they like to remind us that 50% of the people don’t pay federal...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 11, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Education, North Carolina |
North Carolina is back in the news for GOP attempts to reverse the progress that the state has made over the past 50 years. This time, a Bloomberg article highlights attempts to re-segregate our public schools. The GOP is considering ways to breakup county-wide school...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 27, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Education, NC Politics |
I don’t often agree with former Raleigh mayor Tom Fetzer but his take on the $95,000 bonus paid to UNC President Margaret Spellings was spot on. “At a base salary of $775,000,” Fetzer said, “I think the tax paying citizens of North Carolina ought to be able to...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 5, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, Gun Control |
Monday morning seems a great time to attract the scorn of my friends on the left, so here goes. The gun debate highlights the problems Democrats have winning policy debates and elections. Instead of focusing on the problems and the solutions, they’ve defined it as...
