NC General Assembly: Three Wins, One Mistake

A couple of interesting articles at Carolina Journal detail some interesting legislation being advanced in Raleigh. First, an amendment to the NC State Constitution are being proposed to mandate voter ID for all voters– including absentee voters. There is another amendment to place a cap on state income taxes at […]

Folwell’s Ride Off Into The Sunset (And Dan Bishop’s, Also)

The Daily Haymaker posted this week about State Treasurer Dale Folwell who has sent a communication demanding reimbursement from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina to recover monies for the state’s taxpayers. Folwell is serving his final weeks in office. Two of the most unfortunate aspects of the recent […]

NC GOP Tarred And Feathered Despite Abortion Cave

Recall the decision by the Republicans’ NC General Assembly leadership to cave on the abortion issue and allow the barbarous procedure in North Carolina through the few few months of pregnancy. This was obviously a political calculation designed to protect their incumbency at the expense of public morality and the […]

Is State GOP Inadequately Supporting Its Statewide Candidates?

The Daily Haymaker is making some serious allegations in light of the Republican Party’s poor performance in statewide races this year. He alleges that the state GOP was not funding sufficiently statewide races for folks like Dan Bishop and Michele Morrow; and that various grifters are absconding away with campaign […]

IVF And Abortion: The GOP And the Church

A couple of developments over the last month or two have shaken the foundations of the presidential campaign. First, the Alabama Supreme Court issued its ruling that increased liability for clinics that offer in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments, thereby shutting down access to those treatments. Second, the Arizona Supreme Court […]