This addition to the Preamble to the Code of Professional Responsibility should be rejected. SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY and MARITAL STATUS             The Bar Council has recommended to you a change to the Preamble. (6) The North Carolina Constitution requires that “right and justice shall be administered without favor, denial, or delay.” Public confidence in […]

From the NC Values Coalition: THE HIDDEN ECONOMIC STORY BEHIND NORTH CAROLINA’S HB2 “ The sky is falling!!!”  Those words remind us of the children’s tale, “Chicken Little” in which a  chicken, struck on the head with an acorn, convinces her friend, Henny Penny, that the sky is falling and to join her to tell […]

As a young child, I was aware of the polio epidemic and the precautions we took. I remember the Salk vaccine – a miracle. But I didn’t like shots. In elementary school, I remember screaming “bloody murder” as I was given childhood vaccines. A nurse explained to me that if I would relax it would […]

I recently spoke about North Carolina Abortion Law. Here is a transcript: For 48 years, since the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v Wade, it has been legal in North Carolina for a doctor to abort the child of a consenting mother, up to birth, for almost any reason. There is a statute limiting […]

How did the NC GOP do in the November 2020 elections? Here is the big picture at the local, state, and national level, including the presidency. Local level. Before the election Republicans controlled 59 County commissions. After the election the GOP controls 61 County commissions. Since Democrats control commissions with greater county populations, the counties […]