We have known for a couple of days that the Department of Justice planned to sue North Carolina, as it has sued the state of Texas, over new...

In a column in the Fiscal Times , economist Mark Thoma explains the real reason for the current fight over the debt limit. He actually puts ...

There is a story, thought to be of Cherokee origin, quoted in today's New York Times . It goes like this: A girl is troubled by a rec...

I recommend everyone concerned with public education to read Jonothan Kozol's review in the New York Times of Diane Ravitch's new bo...

"The Republican Party is bending its entire will, staking its very soul, fighting to its last breath, in service of a crusade to.... ...

They are at it again! Today's Sun Journal highlights an e-mail campaign by the Craven County Republican Party to stir up concern over a ...

Professor Dan Carter of the University of South Carolina has written a very illuminating article explaining what has happened in North Car...

On Friday the 13th of this month, state representative Michael Speciale assured a public gathering in Pamlico County that, u...