Archives for Consider This...

Archives for Consider This...

April 2007
04-13-07: Check the Box for Fair Elections

March 2007
03-30-07: Open Ethics Hearing
03-02-07: Failing Grades

February 2007
02-23-07: It's the System, Stupid
02-12-07: Medical Morality

January 2007
01-25-07: Preview of the Session
01-12-07: Speaking of Speakers

December 2006
12-28-06: Looking Back at 2006
12-18-06: Working Families Need a Break
12-07-06: Smoke and Mirrors

November 2006
11-17-06: Voter Participation
11-03-06: Campaign Cash Gets Personal

October 2006
10-19-06: Judicial Campaigns
10-10-06: New Death Penalty Study
10-03-06: More Overweight Children

September 2006
09-12-06: Unlucky Seven

August 2006
08-30-06: Gun Danger in N.C.
08-18-06: Who Are The Executions For?
08-11-06: High-Risk Pool Drained
08-03-06: Bags of Cash

July 2006
07-27-06: Legislative Wrapup
07-21-06: Execution Ethics
07-14-06: Last Call for Reform
07-07-06: Minimum Wage Passes Crucial Hurdle

June 2006
06-30-06: Budget Winners and Losers
06-23-06: Time Is Running Short
06-16-06: Comprehensive Solutions to the AIDS Crisis
06-09-06: State Employee Raise Likely
06-02-06: Working Families Need a Minimum Wage Increase

May 2006
05-26-06: Senate Budget Ignores Housing Needs
05-19-06: If They Must Cut Taxes
05-12-06: Maximum Support for a Minimum Wage Increase
05-03-06: Legislative Preview

April 2006
04-27-06: Trying to Avoid South Dakota
04-20-06: Cruel and Unusual Punishment
04-13-06: Do We Care About Child Care?
04-07-06: Low-Cost Solutions to the AIDS Crisis

March 2006
03-31-06: Losing the Lottery
03-23-06: Something Wrong With Our State of Mental Health
03-17-06: Check the Box
03-09-06: Blue Cross By The Numbers

February 2006
02-28-06: Where Are The Candidates?
02-24-06: N.C. Predatory Lending Law Is Model
02-15-06: The Right to Contraception
02-10-06: Spotlight Shines Brighter On Black
02-03-06: Gas Tax Non-Crisis

January 2006
01-26-06: Pittances and Politics
01-20-06: Lobbying Reform Moves Ahead
01-13-06: A Chance To Pause

December 2005
12-21-05: Respecting the Process
12-15-05: Speaker Black's New Leaf
12-09-05: Equal Rights for State Employees
12-01-05: World AIDS Day

November 2005
11-17-05: Same-Day Registration
11-10-05: Three More Deaths

October 2005
10-26-05: New LGBT Study Released With Poll Data
10-20-05: Let School Counselors Counsel
10-10-05: Education Override

September 2005
09-29-05: Short-Changed
09-16-05: The Ballot Is Closed
09-08-05: End-Of-Session Hope

August 2005
08-30-05: Lottery Passes
08-24-05: Long Session Brings Lobbying Reform
08-22-05: Last Chance for Lobbying Reform
08-19-05: Lottery Dirty Tricks
08-12-05: Budget Ignores Education
08-03-05: Budget Close But Far

July 2005
07-29-05: Getting Serious About Lobbying Reform
07-15-05: Execution Deception
07-08-05: Execution Compromise
07-06-05: Flunking Education Funding
07-01-05: The Lottery Five

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June 2005
06-29-05: Protesting Budget Cuts
06-24-05: Found Money
06-16-05: Budget Negotiations Begin
06-10-05: House Budget Blues
06-03-05: Misunderstanding the Moratorium

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May 2005
05-31-05: Studying Capital Punishment
05-25-05: A Real Deadline
05-20-05: Expanding The Tax Base
05-18-05: Living With The Minimum Wage
05-12-05: More Bad Senate Choices
05-11-05: Senate's Poor Choices
05-06-05: Choice Under Fire
05-04-05: Senate's Voodoo Budget

April 2005
04-29-05: Payday Lending
04-25-05: Lobbying Report Released
04-21-05: Expanding Health Coverage
04-20-05: Tuition for Immigrants
04-15-05: Wrecking Workers' Comp
04-08-05: Housing Trust Fund
04-06-05: Lottery Wins, N.C. Loses

March 2005
03-30-05: Moratorium Movement
03-25-05: Ballot Access
03-24-05: Lottery Lunacy
03-16-05: Lobbying Reform
03-10-05: Regressive Lottery
03-08-05: Just A Pause
03-04-05: Not Making It
03-01-05: Juvenile Executions Unconstitutional

February 2005
02-26-05: What About the Loopholes?
02-18-05: Soaking The Poor
02-17-05: New Study on Gay Marriage
02-11-05: Relief in Western N.C.
02-09-05: Multi-Millionaire Tax
02-04-05: Ag Race Finally Over
02-03-05: Check Off For Campaign Finance Reform
02-02-05: Lawsuits Still Not A Problem

January 2005
01-27-05: Gay Rights--Triumph and Trial
01-25-05: Local Lottery A Loser
01-21-05: Tax Break For Those Who Need It
01-19-05: Dell Deal Declines
01-13-05: Fair Sentencing
01-12-05: What About Health Care?
01-07-05: Corporate Welfare Cheat
01-06-05: Tax Sunsets
01-05-05: Imagining 2005

December 2004
12-23-04: A Look Back at 2004
12-20-04: Housing Crunch
12-16-04: Another Rich CEO, Another Layoff
12-13-04: State Employees Demand Rights
12-10-04: Pillowtex Footnote
12-03-04: Expensive Senate Seat
12-02-04: Business Has It Easy

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November 2004
11-30-04: Lottery Rehash
11-19-04: Does Easley Understand Clemency?
11-17-04: Helping Laid-Off Workers
11-15-04: Preventing Election Nightmares
11-12-04: Corporate Reporting Loophole
11-10-04: Minimum Wage Amendment
11-09-04: No Defense for Death
11-05-04: High-Tech Corporate Welfare
11-03-04: Election Reactions
11-01-04: Anti-Gay Politics Tested

October 2004
10-29-04: Special Favors Session
10-28-04: New Study on Latino Issues
10-25-04: Funding Judicial Campaigns
10-22-04: Execution Solves Nothing
10-21-04: Corporate Predator Strikes Again
10-20-04: No Winner in Gubernatorial Debate
10-15-04: Juvenile Death Penalty
10-14-04: Lobbying Revolving Door Spins Again
10-12-04: Upside-Down Governor's Race
10-08-04: Senate Debate Fallout

September 2004
09-23-04: Tax Sunsets
09-21-04: Mt. Olive Win-Win
09-17-04: Blue Cross Giveaway By The Numbers
09-15-04: A Lesbian in the Legislature?
09-13-04: Assault Weapons Ban
09-10-04: TransPark Spin
09-08-04: Misleading Bond Campaign
09-03-04: Ballantine Ad Illegal
09-02-04: National Sales Tax
09-01-04: Corporate Welfare for Turkeys

August 2004
08-27-04: Charter School Concerns
08-26-04: More People Without Health Insurance
08-24-04: More Layoffs
08-20-04: Cutting Education
08-19-04: N.C. Too Business-Friendly
08-18-04: Runoff Results
08-13-04: More Death Row Errors
08-12-04: Special Report: Sex Education
08-10-04: Fifth District Runoff
08-06-04: Taxing Services
08-05-04: Sales Tax Holiday
08-04-04: Superintendent Runoff

July 2004
07-30-04: SUTA Dumping
07-29-04: Leandro Update
07-27-04: Controversial Budget
07-23-04: Easley v. Ballantine
07-21-04: G.O.P.'s Black Tuesday
07-19-04: End Of The Session
07-16-04: Billboard Veto
07-14-04: Another House Race To Watch
07-12-04: Never Say Never
07-09-04: The Truck Stops Here
07-08-04: Child Care Needs
07-07-04: N.C. Goes National
07-02-04: One Primary To Watch

June 2004
06-30-04: Creating Controversy
06-28-04: School Spending
06-23-04: Silent Death-Penalty Debate
06-22-04: Voodoo Budget
06-18-04: The Cut Mantra
06-17-04: Child Care Tax Credit
06-16-04: Workers' Compensation
06-11-04: Support Common Sense
06-10-04: Cuts Feed Corporations
06-08-04: Ballance Resigns
06-04-04: No Brave Budget
06-02-04: The Economics of Marriage

May 2004
05-28-04: Unique Month Ahead
05-27-04: Budget Math
05-26-04: Tire Tracks On The Budget
05-21-04: Unequal Rights Amendment
05-20-04: Budget Choices
05-18-04: Non-Controversial Moratorium
05-14-04: Creating Dead-End Jobs
05-13-04: Money In The Bank
05-12-04: Budget Struggle Begins
05-07-04: Pitching In
05-06-04: Corporate Accountability
05-05-04: Trickle-Up Tax Cuts

April 2004
04-30-04: The Revolving Door Is Wrong
04-29-04: Creeping Corporate Welfare Expansion
04-28-04: Buying Justice
04-16-04: A Public Service Announcement
04-14-04: Caution: Session Approaching
04-12-04: Using Escheats Wisely
04-08-04: Corporate Welfare: Is It Art?
04-07-04: Florida Drives The Issue
04-05-04: Bush's Bad Timing
04-02-04: Death-Penalty Flaws Persist
04-01-04: Health Care Concerns

March 2004
03-29-04: Senate Loses Another
03-25-04: Bank of America Scandals
03-23-04: New Study: Incentives Don't Work
03-18-04: Misleading on the Moratorium
03-17-04: Self-Financing Bonds
03-15-04: Sen. Gulley Departs
03-12-04: Tort Reform and Race
03-11-04: Blue Cross Big Bucks
03-10-04: Tax Cuts For The Poor
03-05-04: Health Care For All
03-04-04: Right Wing Think Tank Adds Judge
03-03-04: Hate Sets Up Regional Office In N.C.

February 2004
02-27-04: Checking for Judicial Integrity
02-26-04: UNC Tuition By The Numbers
02-24-04: The Culture War Comes To N.C.
02-20-04: DOT Board: More of the Same
02-19-04: A Tale of Two Rallies
02-17-04: The Truth About Taxes
02-13-04: Questioning Capital Punishment
02-12-04: From Higher Education To High-Risk Investing
02-09-04: Democracy Takes A Holiday
02-05-04: Limiting Lobbying
02-03-04: The Governor's Race Heats Up

January 2004
01-30-04: Trouble In Western N.C.
01-29-04: Republicans Denounce High-Stakes Testing
01-28-04: Graven Images
01-23-04: Marriage of Equals
01-22-04: Big-Money Banks By The Numbers
01-21-04: The Cost of Honest Government
01-16-04: AIDS Drug Assistance Still Unacceptable
01-15-04: Senator Metcalf Resigns
01-13-04: Testing, Testing
01-09-04: The Ugliest Campaign
01-08-04: Cruel And Unusual
01-07-04: Some State Wages Increase

December 2003
12-23-03: A Look Back At 2003
12-19-03: Budget Cuts Still Being Felt
12-18-03: You Can't Get More Competitive
12-17-03: It's The Feds' Fault
12-12-03: Tax Reform, Not Tax Cuts
12-11-03: Corporate Welfare Scoreboard
12-09-03: Dream Sessions
12-05-03: Merck Madness
12-04-03: A Grisly Record
12-03-03: Ballenger Bids Goodbye

November 2003
11-26-03: Is The Party Over?
11-24-03: Redistricting Redux
11-21-03: H.O.P.E. For Public Employees
11-19-03: The Right To Pursue Happiness
11-17-03: The Best Business Climate Again
11-14-03: A Blockheaded Idea
11-12-03: Speedy Executions
11-10-03: The Not-So-Frivolous Few
11-07-03: President Bush Rakes It In
11-06-03: Millions Magically Appear
11-04-03: Free and Fair Elections

October 2003
10-31-03: RJR At The Trough
10-29-03: Enough Is Enough
10-27-03: N.C.'s Tax Report Card
10-24-03: Still Missing The Real Story
10-23-03: How To Respond
10-22-03: Corporate Greed By The Numbers
10-17-03: Murder Without Intent
10-16-03: Too Many Tax Cuts
10-14-03: One Bank By The Numbers
10-10-03: The Everywhere Man
10-08-03: Community College Budget Crunch By The Numbers
10-06-03: More Congressional Embarrassment
10-03-03: The Truth About Clemency
10-02-03: Education Free of Expense
10-01-03: Next Trick: More Jobs Vanish

September 2003
09-26-03: Unjust Rewards
09-25-03: Death Toll Mounting--In N.C.
09-23-03: Jobs Going Up In Smoke
09-19-03: Keeping Up With Walter Jones
09-18-03: Pride vs. Shame
09-16-03: Tort Reform Update
09-12-03: The Death of Henry Hunt
09-11-03: Executing An Innocent Man?
09-09-03: Alabama Showdown
09-05-03: The Right To Shelter
09-03-03: Moratorium Echoes
09-02-03: Spoiling Fruits of Labor

August 2003
08-22-03: The Pillowtex Problem
08-20-03: There's Been a Governor Sighting
08-19-03: The Rush To Kill
08-15-03: Bill Lee's Broken Promises
08-11-03: Death Penalty Special Report Released
08-08-03: Not-So-Green Session
08-06-03: The Whole Truth About Tort Reform
08-04-03: Race, Gender, and Campaign Contributions

July 2003
07-31-03: Looking For Victories
07-29-03: Bank of America's Racism
07-25-03: No Child Left Untested
07-23-03: Dodging The Tax Code
07-21-03: 2003 Session By The Numbers
07-18-03: Working Overtime Is Not Enough
07-15-03: The Snake Oil Lottery
07-11-03: Corporate Welfare: Deja Vu
07-10-03: The End Is Near
07-08-03: Blue Cross Stays Nonprofit
07-03-03: Bad Budget News: We're Behind Alabama
07-02-03: New Executive Director

June 2003
06-27-03: Budget Brinkmanship
06-26-03: Supreme Surprises
06-24-03: Hatred Sets Up Shop In N.C.
06-20-03: Mayday for Payday Lending?
06-19-03: State Employees Need A Break
06-16-03: Budget Balderdash
06-13-03: State House Seeks To Sponsor Religious Discrimination
06-12-03: Hold Your Applause: Bad Budget Gets Worse
06-10-03: Nightmare of the Living Lottery
06-06-03: Campaigns For Sale
06-04-03: Minority Health Gap By The Numbers
06-02-03: Budget Impasse By The Numbers

May 2003
05-30-03: Driver's License Dilemma
05-29-03: Budget Blinders
05-28-03: Lobbyist Hall of Shame List Grows
05-23-03: Blue Cross Blues
05-21-03: The Minimum Should Be Survivable
05-19-03: Filling In The Gaps
05-14-03: Cheap Drugs Save Lives
05-12-03: Rally for Justice
05-09-03: Help Working Parents Work
05-07-03: Happy Anniversary!
05-05-03: Domestic Violence and the Military: By The Numbers
05-02-03: Budget Won't Cut It

April 2003
04-30-03: Changing Votes, For Good Or Bad
04-28-03: Budget Bust
04-25-03: Dehumanizing Debate
04-24-03: The Machinery of Death Gets Worse Every Day
04-23-03: Housing Rally
04-22-03: More Questions for the Lobbyist Survey
04-21-03: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing by the Numbers
04-17-03: Price Tag on Public Office
04-16-03: Which Budget is He Looking At?
04-15-03: Senseless Short-Term Savings
04-14-03: Feed Children, Not Banks
04-10-03: Cutting Justice
04-09-03: Choice in Jeopardy
04-08-03: Justice Delayed
04-07-03: Help Where Help is Needed
04-04-03: You're Safe if You Own a Yacht
04-03-03: Keep an Open Mind to Mental Health
04-02-03: The Revolving Door
04-01-03: April Fools?

March 2003
03-31-03: Drawing The Lines
03-28-03: Make The Sales Tax Fairer
03-27-03: Human Rights in North Carolina
03-26-03: Laughing All The Way to The Bank
03-25-03: Fighting For Fair Pay
03-24-03: Breaching The Wall
03-21-03: Health Care is A Right
03-20-03: N.C. Voices: On The War
03-17-03: Crime Shouldn't Pay (Corporations)
03-14-03: Cut The Loopholes First
03-12-03: House of Horrors
03-11-03: Budget Cuts Hit Close To Home
03-10-03: The Real State of The State

February 2003
02-26-03: Easley Tips Cap To The Right
02-19-03: Tort Reform: Rhetoric vs. Reality
02-12-03: Find The Courage To Find The Money
02-11-03: Like A Family, Not A Business
02-10-03: What About The Loopholes?

January 2003
01-29-03: House Still Speakerless
01-22-03: Roe v. Wade Anniversary
01-21-03: Banks Can Afford To Pay Their Taxes
01-20-03: More Than A Dream
01-16-03: Session Limits Not The Answer
01-15-03: A Travesty Indeed
01-14-03: The Cowardly Food Lion
01-13-03: Another Easy Choice
01-09-03: Tax Cuts By Numbers
01-08-03: AIDS Drug Funding Update
01-07-03: Executing An Innocent Man?
01-03-03: The Shameful Past
01-02-03: New Year's Resolutions

December 2002
12-21-02: Our Own Trent Lott
12-20-02: Bad Budget Advice
12-19-02: New N.C. By The Numbers
12-18-02: Right-Wing Budget Rhetoric
12-17-02: Testing Schools' Patience
12-11-02: Helms' Last (Offensive) Stand
12-10-02: Speaker's Race Intrigue
12-09-02: Basnight Still Has Power
12-03-02: S.C. Lottery Stats
12-02-02: Department of Execution

November 2002
11-27-02: Food For Thought
11-25-02: Time For A New Pledge
11-22-02: What You Can Do
11-21-02: Jenkinsmandering Worked
11-20-02: Budget Reality Check
11-19-02: Execution Moratorium
11-18-02: Federal High-Stakes Testing
11-15-02: Highway Fund Lawsuit
11-14-02: New Right Wingers In Town
11-13-02: Two Executions Scheduled
11-05-02: Campaign Awards
11-04-02: Election Odds and Ends

October 2002
10-31-02: BCBS: The Circle of Power
10-30-02: Tennessee Lottery Vote
10-29-02: Minimum Wage: Rhetoric vs. Reality
10-28-02: Franklin Graham
10-25-02: Corporate Welfare--Despite The Facts
10-23-02: Human Rights and State Wrongs
10-22-02: Calling The Wrong Plays
10-21-02: The Death Penalty for Juveniles
10-18-02: Children Should Be Entitled
10-17-02: Anti-Social Security
10-16-02: Banks Cash In
10-15-02: Death Penalty Study
10-14-02: Rhetoric Misfires
10-11-02: National Coming Out Day
10-10-02: Republican Rhetoric Vs. Reality
10-09-02: Easley Races
10-08-02: Phil Kirk Must Go
10-07-02: AIDS Drug Assistance Program
10-04-02: The People's Court
10-03-02: What a Long, Strange Session it's Been
10-02-02: It's Back
10-01-02: Corporate Welfare Stalls

September 2002
09-30-02: Right-to-Beat-Up-Workers State?
09-27-02: The Easley Way Out
09-26-02: The Color of Money
09-25-02: Second Thoughts
09-24-02: Corporate Piling On
09-23-02: A False and Regressive Choice
09-20-02: Regressive Reprise
09-19-02: Budget Restrictions
09-18-02: Lottery Vote Spawns Budget Chaos
09-17-02: Principle Over Politics
09-16-02: Regressive Intervention
09-13-02: Still More Corporate Welfare
09-12-02: More Lottery Ploys
09-11-02: Primary Lessons
09-10-02: Primary Numbers
09-09-02: Bad Process and Worse Policy
09-05-02: Scary Numbers
09-04-02: Lottery End Run
09-03-02: No Limits

August 2002
08-30-02: Labor Day by The Numbers
08-29-02: Truth and Taxes
08-28-02: Remember The Budget Crisis?
08-27-02: Coastal Money Management
08-26-02: Policy Amnesia
08-23-02: Teach All Your Children Well
08-22-02: Qur'an Debate Continues
08-21-02: Lies, Damned Lies, And Commerce Statistics
08-20-02: Justice For All
08-19-02: Two Version of Welfare
08-16-02: Revenue Plans By The Numbers
08-15-02: There They Go Again
08-14-02: Losing The Language Battle
08-13-02: They Can't Be Serious
08-12-02: No Alternative
08-09-02: Corporate Conscience: An Oxymoron for The New Century
08-08-02: More Flawed Assumptions
08-07-02: Closed-Minded House
08-06-02: The Wrong Standard
08-05-02: N.R.A. Still Calls The Shots
08-02-02: Dole by Numbers
08-01-02: Corporate Welfare: From Bad to Worse

July 2002
07-31-02: Corporate Welfare: Rhetoric Vs. Reality
07-30-02: Distracting Gimmick
07-29-02: Senate Stands Ready and Regressive
07-26-02: The Story Behind The Story
07-25-02: Calling Business Bluffs
07-24-02: Crunching the Numbers
07-23-02: Let's Make a Deal
07-22-02: Now the Leandro Lottery?
07-19-02: A Look at Lottery Lists
07-18-02: Budget Rhetoric Vs. Reality
07-17-02: A Step in The Right Direction
07-16-02: Banks Still The Backroom Boss
07-15-02: On The Wrong Road
07-12-02: Numbers Still Don't Lie
07-11-02: Hat Trick of Lottery Hypocrisy
07-10-02: A Simple Life or Death Decision
07-09-02: Not Much Behind The Numbers
07-08-02: Taking Stock of The Senate Race
07-05-02: Time to Review The Review
07-03-02: The Spirit of Independence
07-02-02: Unlimited Access
07-01-02: Crime and Punishment

June 2002
06-28-02: Tobacco Rules
06-27-02: The Latest Budget Numbers
06-26-02: A Just Budget Cut
06-25-02: Children First: Just a Campaign Slogan or...
06-24-02: It Ain't About The Money
06-21-02: The Polls Should Still Be Open
06-20-02: It's Only Make Believe
06-19-02: Don't Get The Wrong Impression
06-18-02: Slicing The Budget Bologna Pretty Thin
06-17-02: Goodwill Hunting
06-14-02: Inherited Demagoguery
06-13-02: Cutting Their Teeth
06-12-02: The Republican Rhetoric Meets The Road
06-11-02: Senate Budget: Bridge or Cliff?
06-10-02: Gimme Shelter
06-07-02: Friends in Low Places
06-06-02: Legion of Lobbyists for Loophole
06-05-02: Public Dollars for Private Schools
06-04-02: Political Donors Drive Tax Reform
06-03-02: Phil Kirk is Right

May 2002
05-31-02: More Leaps of Lottery Logic
05-30-02: From Protector to Pitchman: Gov. Mike Easley's...
05-29-02: Helping Poor Students Means Reducing Poverty
05-28-02: What Citizen Legislature?
05-24-02: Judge Jenkins and The Pythagorean Theorem
05-23-02: Has Anyone Seen The North Carolina Democratic Party?
05-22-02: Sales Tax Plan: Robin Hood in Reverse
05-21-02: Easley Balances Budget on Backs of Struggling Families