“The Mooch showed up a week ago,” a foul-mouthed Anthony Scaramucci told a New Yorker writer last week. It was perhaps the only sentence he spoke… Read More
Not very long ago in a county not very far away, I stopped at one of those strip malls, the kind lined with ugly, squat storefronts… Read More
Governor Roy Cooper has asked the General Assembly during its Aug. 3 special session to approve about $3 million in emergency funding to pay for investigation… Read More
Understanding Donald Trump’s behavior has left most of the political class a bit befuddled. As journalists and pundits have documented, President Trump doesn’t adhere to previously… Read More
So the Presidential Advisory Commission on Voter Integrity has issued a request for voter information from the states, and the result so far has pretty much… Read More
Typically, I find myself at odds with conservative firebrands like Rep. Michael Speciale, a New Bern Republican who called the Women’s March a joke, accused NAACP… Read More
Welcome to Carolina Commentary, a not-for-profit platform established for the purpose of commenting on North Carolina public policy issues. We launched July 7 with a commentary… Read More
One of the great things about being American is our First Amendment right to petition our government for redress of grievances. A new and growing class… Read More
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
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