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The dumbest political attack of the year in a big roomful of contenders
By: Rob Schofield - September 5, 2023
As with all previous presidencies, there are undoubtedly some legitimate criticisms that can be leveled at the Biden-Harris administration for its performance over its first 31 months in office. While the decision to face reality and end the United States’s hopelessly futile occupation of Afghanistan proved correct, the process and communication surrounding it could have […]
Supreme Court justice bravely challenges efforts to silence her public statements
By: Rob Schofield - September 1, 2023
Legislature’s handiwork evident in hot and understaffed schools
By: Rob Schofield - August 30, 2023
Integrity, huh? The truth about the political right’s election law agenda
By: Rob Schofield - August 29, 2023
On one level, you’ve got to hand it to the conservative politicians, Fox News talking heads, and right-wing think tankers who drone on incessantly about their supposed passionate commitment to “election integrity.” Like any number of political actors who, despite the absence of supporting facts and data, have managed nonetheless to drive significant political and […]
Permissive rules on wetlands development are a potential disaster
By: Rob Schofield - August 29, 2023
Good government watchdog calls out flood of pot, casino cash flowing to NC lawmakers
By: Rob Schofield - August 28, 2023
Veteran campaign finance watchdog Bob Hall, the former longtime executive director of the group Democracy North Carolina who helped expose former Democratic House Speaker Jim Black’s corruption in the early 2000’s, is out with another damning bit of research. In a press release distributed this morning, Hall called attention to the fact that North Carolina […]