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Speaker Moore as UNC System President? Let’s hope not.

by Kirk Kovach | Nov 7, 2019 | The Kovach Corner, UNC

Rumors are par for the course in politics. Often, they’re floated to unsuspecting couriers to sway opinion about this or that issue. They may or may not be true, but the chatter around them gives credence to their message. One such rumor is now making its way around...

The GOP folly at the BOG

by Thomas Mills | Sep 27, 2019 | Editor's Blog, UNC

UNC Board of Governor’s Chair Harry Smith is stepping down next week, continuing the revolving door at the UNC system that’s left the university in a constant state of flux. His resignation reflects the utter failure of the GOP to manage the state’s Crown Jewel and...

Affirmative action for conservatives, or rigging the university system

by Thomas Mills | May 29, 2018 | Editor's Blog, UNC | 7 comments

Joe Knott, a member of the UNC Board of Governors, penned an op-ed whining about the lack of conservative professors at UNC. He cites an article by another conservative whiner, UNC business school professor Michael Jacobs, as evidence that we lack intellectual debate...

University of Non-Carolinian Carpetbaggers

by Thomas Mills | May 27, 2016 | Editor's Blog, UNC | 19 comments

I’ve been very hesitant to criticize UNC President Margaret Spellings. She hasn’t been in place long enough to judge her. Protests based on her past experience seemed, to me, unfair. I believe in judging people on what they’ve done, not what they might do. However,...

A coalition of dumb people and crazy people

by Thomas Mills | Oct 23, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, UNC | 15 comments

Yesterday proved that the Republican Party has been taken over by a coalition of crazy people and dumb people and funded by rich people who got more than they bargained for. The Benghazi Committee was better off in print than on television. It’s clearly made up of a...

Walk away

by Thomas Mills | Oct 19, 2015 | Editor's Blog, UNC | 9 comments

I’ve got an idea. How about Tom Ross stays president of the University of North Carolina and the whole UNC Board of Governors resigns? After all, they freely admit that Ross has done nothing wrong and yet they clearly have. We need a functioning board, not a new...