Sam Hieb

J. Peder Zane writes in today’s News & Observer: Why do Democrats relentlessly accuse President Trump of being a racist? For the same reason dogs bark, ducks quack and little boys cry wolf – it’s what they do. Before Trump, Democrats leveled the same despicable smear against Mitt Romney…

Headline of today’s N&O lead editorial: We invited the NC governor and Senate leader to debate Medicaid expansion. One side said no. Above that headline is a picture of Sen. Phil Berger, which would lead you to believe—am I wrong here?—that Berger was the ‘side that said no.’ To…

Via the Boston Globe: Craft beer’s diversity problem: Too many white male hipsters Gee, I had never noticed.

In yesterday’s lead editorial, the Charlotte Observer–more or less—advises the Queen City not to even try to pull out of host duties for the Republican National Convention, even in the wake of President Trump’s controversial tweets and comments: First, Republicans would very likely and very quickly sue. They would…

At last night’s meeting, the Charlotte City Council passed a resolution “to ‘strongly condemn,’ among other things, President Donald Trump’s recent call for four congresswomen to leave the United States and supporters’ recent ‘Send Her Back’ chant during a rally in North Carolina.” No surprise there. Of course, there…

Associated Press reports state Rep. Holly Grange, R-Wilmington, has announced she will run for governor, providing a challenger to Lt. Gov. Dan Forest in the GOP primary: Grange has served in the legislature since 2016. Her video touched on themes designed to connect with the state party’s conservative base,…

Under the headline: Why Midsize Cities Struggle to Catch Up to Superstar Cities ..the New York Times parachutes into Winston-Salem to ponder that question: Winston-Salem has been overshadowed within North Carolina by the Raleigh-Durham area, an early success in building a research-driven economy, and Charlotte, a financial hub. The…

I was listening to NPR’s Marketplace piece probing bans on single family residential zoning in Minneapolis and the entire state of Oregon and a familiar name came up not once, but twice—Charlotte. Turns out Charlotte was part of a big NYT story on cities who are beginning to…