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From the desk Chuck Fuller, CEO of The Results Company This Labor Day weekend, as I usually do on holidays, I write to share with you the themes that are on my own mind, usually informed by the books I’m reading. I often receive thought-provoking personal notes from many of you in response to these pieces.…
Two weeks ago, we published a deep-dive on the history behind North Carolina’s confusing education bureaucracy. Two entities have legal authority over North Carolina public schools: the State Board of Education, which is appointed by the governor, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who is elected every four years. That’s a challenging governance structure, like a corporate…
Thanks for reading this Saturday morning. Today we’re examining what was essentially Y2K +24. The CrowdStrike outage of July 19, 2024, grounded thousands of flights, delayed public transit, and impacted medical procedures at hospitals. What happened, and more importantly, what does it say about our reliance on computer systems? *** CrowdStrike is a prolific cybersecurity firm whose software…
“Experience during the past several years has shown the necessity for having in a state one coordinated authority. . .When the reorganized State Board of Education has been established, it should be authorized to appoint the State Superintendent of Public Education.” So reads a recommendation for reorganizing North Carolina’s education bureaucracy – from 1948. The…
Thanks for joining us this Saturday morning. Today, we’re taking what’s hopefully a welcome break from the immediate political scene to talk about one of the earliest policy controversies that will confront the next president: the expiration of the “Trump tax cuts” enacted in 2017. We’ll get right to it. ***One of the most impactful…
Thank you for joining us this morning. Over the past week, campaign finance reports for statewide races have been coming into the N.C. Board of Elections. Some media reporting has happened on this, with stories offering mostly disjointed and incomplete data. Below, we offer a clean rundown of how much each statewide candidate has, legislative…
Thank you for joining us. This Saturday morning, we are going to survey the political landscape for the presidential race and the battles for control of the United States Senate and House. The goal of this piece is to clearly lay out the key metrics regarding polling and fundraising to help our subscribers sort through…
From the desk Chuck Fuller, CEO of The Results Company If there’s a throughline on the American psyche from the revolutionary era to now, it’s this: fear and pessimism, followed by courage and resilience. Today, as you celebrate our freedom with friends and family, I offer the below collage of stories – some historical, some personal…
From the desk Mike Rusher, President of The Results Company Thank you for joining again this Saturday morning, kicking off one of the liveliest holiday periods of the year. Let’s take a little detour today to talk about the latest Presidential debate… Just kidding. Times like these should give us pause to stop and remember…
Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning. Today, we’re offering you a piece authored by Allen Gant, Jr., the Chairman of Glen Raven, a major textiles manufacturer based in Burlington. Mr. Gant also chairs a nonprofit called the North Carolina Marine & Estuary Foundation, an effort he helped launch in 2017. The Foundation envisions a North Carolina…