Bill Moyers – for many years an advocate on television for liberal causes -- recently gave North Carolina a lesson in how to disguise bias and distortions as news, and we should ... Keep Reading
Issues
The New Front Lines of Mental Health
This week, another preventable tragedy in North Carolina. From WWAY NC: A Boiling Springs Lake father says his son was murdered by police this afternoon. Mark Wilsey called police ... Keep Reading
How to Keep Poor People Poor
If I wanted to keep poor people poor, there are several government policies I would favor. For starters, I would advocate for a robust and ever-expanding welfare state. Programs ... Keep Reading
Additional Speakers for CLC 2014 announced. More to come soon.
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NC lawmakers finally taking a look at Common Core questions
This article originally published in the News & Observer After a spring and summer of growing public discontent over the Common Core State Standards and their effect, the ... Keep Reading
Transparency and the Ivory Tower
As the old saying goes, “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.” But some North Carolina professors have decided that they are neither goose nor gander. In a letter ... Keep Reading
Common Core English Language Arts Standards: More Problems than Promise
On June 2, 2010 the North Carolina State Board of Education adopted the Common Core math and English Language Arts standards. Opinion regarding the quality of the English Language ... Keep Reading
Game-Playing at Forsyth Elections Board
When I met Rob Coffman last month, he shook my hand and introduced himself as "the evil and incompetent Rob Coffman." I don't think he meant the introduction to be funny and I ... Keep Reading
NC Must Get Serious About Severe Mental Illness
(The following oped was originally published in the News & Observer.) Many people know that Gov. Mike Easley’s 2001 mental health reform was a failure, but few people realize ... Keep Reading
The Man Who Would Dismantle the Constitution
Meet Herbert Croly, one of the most important political theorists in American history. Along with Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Croly was instrumental in describing an alternative vision ... Keep Reading
