Does your vote really count, or is it ‘wasted’?
There is a lot of talk these days about protecting the integrity of the voting process. North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature passed restrictive voter ID laws, later… Read More
Darkness will fall but don’t sweat it
Buzz is starting to build mightily regarding the solar eclipse here Aug. 21, and a lot of preparations are underway. Sylva will have a full weekend… Read More
Pressure mounting on the press
Wow, I’m loving this version of America, the one where we are so great and all. You heard the latest on our climb back to the… Read More
Vouchers are an idea that has been floated repeatedly
Here in North Carolina, through painful experience, we know a thing or two about floods. With a flood, most of the focus – necessarily – is… Read More
Kicking a dead mule – how the new AHCA fails
Why anyone would attempt to revive a health care reform bill that sank into the waters of the Potomac just weeks ago is a puzzler. Why… Read More