The UNC athletics “scandal”: Overlooking the role of K-12 public education
For some years, I’ve had one foot in the academic world and one in the business world. (I am an adjunct instructor at a number of area colleges here in
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NCDHHS: a big government mess decades in the making
The liars in the remnants of our state’s mainstream media would have you believe state government was working like a charm prior to the January 2013 inauguration of Republican governor
Continue readingTeacher pay, job satisfaction and the politics of public education
The Round Rev and his rabble regularly showed up at The Legislative Building in Raleigh over the last year demanding that education spending and teacher pay be elevated to at
Continue reading#NCSEN: NCGA helps Tesla, car firm’s lawyers give BIG to Thom Tillis Senate campaign
We’ve been doing a lot of campaign finance report reading lately. We’ve found some interesting things about beer and movies on the Thom Tillis Committee’s financial reports. Our latest find
Continue readingNAACP going after NC-based anti-vote fraud group
Boy, how things change. One of the missions of the NAACP’s founders was to protect the integrity of elections and people’s right to vote. In 2014, the civil
Continue readingMost of Common Core is OK. Just tweak it. O-Care? Forget repealing it. Let’s FIX IT.
It’s too bad that we have to turn to history books detailing events of generations long ago to appreciate principled American leaders. These days — party platforms are flexible and
Continue reading*Surprise ! * New taxes make stuff cost more.
The mainstream media and their lefty politico allies are perpetually hollering about “fairness” in the tax code. *Those people who have accumulated all that cash need to have MORE of
Continue readingThe more things “change,” the more they stay THE SAME
We’re riding out 2013’s last gasps from The Haymaker’s Watauga County outpost. I happened to catch a local news report about the Watauga board of elections’ two-front fight with the
Continue readingUnder the Radar (and under the rug?): The senator and the mystery of the disappearing audit
Back in January, we got a whole lot of ethics-related news regarding state Sen. Fletcher Hartsell (R-Cabarrus). Apparently, he spent $100,000 in campaign funds — in an election
Continue readingMeet the new state agency. (Same as the old scandal-plagued state agency?)
McClatchy and other mainstream media outlets blew the doors off of The NC Rural Center earlier this year — exposing all kinds of cronyism and corruption to public
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