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Founder With Tar Heel Ties Met Unfortunate End 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
RALEIGH - North Carolina history enthusiasts are aware that President George Washington nominated James Iredell Sr. (namesake of Iredell County) as one of the first justices on the U.S. Supreme Court....
What McCrory Is Counting On 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
RALEIGH - When the July jobs report for North Carolina came out last week, showing an uptick in the unemployment rate, all the usual suspects said all the usual things. Republicans whose main focus i...
A Tale of Salt & Iron 23 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
I spent most of Thursday trying to meet a magazine deadline. On the way home, I re-listened to a lecture series on the history of China - which reminded me of the column I wrote the last time I listen...
No Laffing Matter 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
RALEIGH - One of the more irritating features of popular political discourse involves the common problem of pundits and prognosticators fixating on a single fact or data point while ignoring broader, ...
Don't Expect Big Voting Change 21 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
RALEIGH - While the many are trying desperately to convince North Carolinians otherwise, the passage of House Bill 589 is unlikely to have a big effect on voter participation in 2014, 2016, and beyond...
Comparing Apples For Teachers To Apples For Pies 20 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
RALEIGH - In an appearance Wednesday on News 14 Carolina's "Capital Tonight," North Carolina Association of Educators lobbyist Brian Lewis argued that salaries for entry-level teachers in the state we...
States That Set the Pace 19 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
RALEIGH - Political debates about education policy are so contentious that consensus may seem forever out of reach. Yet here's something that virtually everyone agrees is true: academic achievement re...
Following the Economic Leaders 16 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
RALEIGH - Will North Carolina's unemployment rate, currently 8.8 percent, drop to 6.8 percent by the end of 2014? That's one way to interpret the current trend of the Index of North Carolina Leading ...
Does Average Pay Drive Teachers Away? 15 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
RALEIGH - An editorial the Fayetteville Observer published in late June declared that North Carolina is facing a teacher shortage because "teacher pay stinks." This assessment of the teacher labor sup...
When Education and Politics Collide 14 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
RALEIGH - When educational statistics and state politics collide, the results can be cringe-inducing. A memorable example dates back to March 4, 1999, when the governing board of the National Assessm...
