This is a curious situation. A bleeding heart liberal, Representative Larry Womble (D-Winston-Salem), and House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg), seem to think taxpayers should give money – reparations of a sort, if you will – to survivors of North Carolina’s eugenics sterilization program. Maybe. What is the situation? Why should money be given? The question, […]
Mirroring the bracketology frenzy that surrounds the NCAA’s annual hoops tourney, the Civitas Bad Bill of the Year Tournament returns with a slam-dunk skewering of some of the most egregious and outlandish legislation cooked up this year by the General Assembly. The “bad bills” were selected “based on their intrusion into the private lives of […]
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he doesn’t have any intention to run for president, but let’s assume a Republican wins anyway. Here’s the new commander-in-chief’s first move: tap Christie as his (or her) secretary of education – the vid below says it all. The same video also relates on a local level, just substitute […]
Four people, all registered Democrats, have been arrested in connection with voter fraud in Wake County, and at least five others are being sought by authorities, stemming from charges of double-voting in the 2008 presidential election. Republicans have been quick to pounce on the case as a prime example of why Gov. Bev Perdue was […]
Reflecting on the Ruling Class, as described by Codevilla, while reading “The Death of Common Sense,’” by Philip K. Howard, one can almost hear the conversations in the cloisters as judges discuss rules for the ruled. They may rationalize these decisions as benevolent to some individual or special interest group but one will notice they […]
Dr. Mike Beitler of Guilford County announced this morning on the Curtis Wright radio program that he is seeking the Republican nomination for North Carolina Secretary of State. “I, Mike Beitler, am an official candidate for Secretary of State,” Beitler said. “The reason I am seeking the position is because Elaine Marshall has been there […]
The story of “exorbitant pay hikes” for the North Carolina Speaker of the House’s staff has lingered since a June 11, 2011 article in Raleigh’s News and Observer Newspaper. At odds was a Tillis statement in January vowing to cut his office payroll, followed by news that raises of up to 27% had been granted […]
The initial redistricting proposals for the North Carolina House and Senate have been released. You can view the proposed districts HERE. On Monday, July 18, public hearings will be conducted across the state from 3pm until 9pm to solicit feedback on the proposed districts. In Mecklenburg, the hearing will take place in CPCC’s Central Campus […]
We’d be remiss if we didn’t note with a genuine degree of sadness the death of former Wolfpack hoops star Lorenzo Charles. This from ESPN: RALEIGH, N.C. — Lorenzo Charles, the muscular forward whose last-second dunk gave underdog North Carolina State a stunning win in the 1983 national college championship game, was killed Monday when […]
The proposed North Carolina House District boundaries intended to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act were released to the public late last Friday afternoon and it is fair to say that not all are embracing the new districts with open arms. It is not only democrats who are raising questions either. According to the […]
