It still stinks
Just because the State Board of Elections found no violation of campaign finance laws in the case of a the video poker group distributing checks to lawmakers through lobbyists doesn’t make the case stink any less. The video sweepstakes industry paid lobbyists,...
The cynic
Ken Spaulding launched the first attack ad of the 2016 yesterday. In a radio spot, he slammed Attorney General Roy Cooper for representing the state in the voting rights law suit taking place in Winston-Salem. The ad accuses Roy Cooper of siding with Pat McCrory. It’s...
Voter frauds
If the North Carolina Republican party is attacking William Barber, then William Barber is winning. Barber’s not on the ballot and he’s not an officer of the North Carolina Democratic Party. He’s head of the North Carolina NAACP, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization...
Fox News in print
Earlier this month, the Wilmington Star-News ran an editorial praising the tax cuts that the General Assembly enacted. The editorial cited an opinion piece from the Wall Street Journal by a writer for the conservative Heritage Foundation. Having read the Star-News for...
Not better off
If you want to know how that “Carolina Comeback” is affecting North Carolina families, look no further than median income. The North Carolina Democratic Party yesterday sent out a press release showing that median income under Republicans has dropped $4,000 and is now...
A different kind of monument
Those “activists” who think they are making a difference by tagging monuments to Confederate veterans should think again. Instead of building support for removing the statues, they’re solidifying support for keeping them. Somebody has to pay for cleaning up the...
If it ain’t broke…
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” We would all be better off if the Republicans who control the General Assembly took that advice. Instead, they’ve killed programs that work well with little reason other than they don’t fit into their free-market ideology. Their...
Flipping the Carolina script
For the past 50 years or so, most of the country looked at the two Carolinas and saw two distinctly different states. North Carolina was a beacon of progress in an otherwise backward South. Its business-friendly Democrats supported public education, invested in...
Big Government Conservatives are at it again
The Big Government Conservatives are at it again. This time, Senator Trudy Wade's bill revamps the Greensboro City Council against the wishes of the city’s leaders. It was another naked power grab and more evidence of the GOP’s authoritarian instincts. This...
Adams, Jefferson, and the Fourth of July
One of the great stories in our country's history is the relationship between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. They were two of the American Revolution’s intellectuals and political theorists. Their writings and thoughts helped shape the principles on which the...
