Christensen: NC needs political giants
It has been 14 years since North Carolina’s age of political giants – when Republican Sen. Jesse Helms and Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt dominated the landscape. In this century, neither…Click to Continue »
View ArticleChristensen: NC’s congressional power shortage
When Republican Sen. Richard Burr becomes chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in January, it will be the first major Senate committee chairmanship held by a Tar Heel since the…Click to...
View ArticleChristensen: Jesse Helms and Obama’s new Cuba policy
One can only wonder what Jesse Helms, who died in 2008, would be saying today about the decision of President Barack Obama to restore full diplomatic relations with Cuba and…Click to Continue »
View ArticleChristensen: NC lost some trailblazers in 2014
North Carolina said goodbye to trailblazing women and minorities this year. Here are some prominent North Carolinians who made a mark in government and politics who died in 2014.Click to Continue »
View ArticleChristensen: 2014 predictions fell short; some picks for 2015
Some of staff columnist Rob Christensen's 2014 predictions fell short - but the crystal ball is clearer in 2015 on Medicaid, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and U.S. Senator Richard…Click to Continue »
View ArticleChristensen: Film to air on Bill Friday, Terry Sanford
A tribute to North Carolinas greatest generation by Durham filmmaker Steve Channing will appear Thursday on UNC-TV.Click to Continue »
View ArticleChristensen: Will NC’s ‘conservative revolution’ continue?
GOP leaders must decide whether to keep pushing on conservative issues or pull back a bit with an eye on the 2016 election.Click to Continue »
View ArticleChristensen: PBS documentary explores rise and fall of NC KKK
The rise and fall of the KKK in North Carolina in the Sixties is the subject of a new documentary, called Klansville USA, that is airing nationally at 9 pm.Click to Continue »
View ArticleChristensen: NC is attractive, but with problems
A State of the State: The good, the bad and the ugly…Click to Continue »
View ArticleChristensen: UNC system - NC's crown jewels - now in GOP hands
The search to replace UNC President Tom Ross, who is being forced to retire, is unlikely to assume the same importance as it did in 1930. North Carolina is a…Click to Continue »
View ArticleChristensen: Trying to save the furniture industry
A new book looks at the collapse of furniture manufacturing and one man’s crusade to save it…Click to Continue »
View ArticleChristensen: Trying to keep alive NC Rep. George H. White's legacy
Efforts are underway to remember last black congressman of 19th century. White decided to not seek re-election in 1900 in the face of the second straight Democratic-led white supremacy campaign…Click...
View ArticleChristensen: Raleigh needs buses, not rail
Before Raleigh sinks huge bundles of money into a light-rail system, a stronger case needs to be made, given limited resources. Instead, our bus system should be expanded and more…Click to Continue »
View ArticleChristensen: McCrory’s balancing act in State of the State address
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory must thread a political needle in his State of the State address Wednesday night, between his instincts as a pro-business pragmatist and the GOP conservative…Click to...
View ArticleChristensen: Tillis’ mouth gets him in trouble on hand washing
How Starbucks, Jon Stewart and handwashing thrust Thom Tillis into limelight.Click to Continue »
View ArticleChristensen: Citizen Smith: NC’s best foot forward
Citizens such as Dean Smith often have as much influence as politicians…Click to Continue »
View ArticleChristensen: A new focus on lynchings in NC and the South
A new report from the Equal Justice Initiative of Montgomery, Ala., finds that lynchings were more widespread than originally understood.Click to Continue »
View ArticleChristensen: Burr's chances in 2016 will be tied to presidential campaign
Republican Sen. Richard Burr's re-election prospects next year could depend on how well his party's presidential ticket fares in North Carolina. The state has a pattern of electing senators and…Click...
View ArticleChristensen: Nichol is only the latest academic freedom case
A Republican-controlled UNC board committees recommendation to abolish the UNC-Chapel Hill Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, headed by Gene Nichol, can be seen as another episode in a...
View ArticleChristensen: Anti-tax watchdogs lose their bite
Conservative groups offer only token opposition to gas tax hike…Click to Continue »
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