Barry Smith, Carolina Journal associate editor, discusses the controversial teacher “walk-in” protest at sites across North Carolina. Smith offered these comments during the Nov. 4, 2013, edition of News 14 Carolina’s “Capital Tonight.”
Opinion
For healthy civil society, politics needs to stay in its lane
Political and cultural causes are important. They motivate us to make the world around us better and hone our sense of justice. Also, the excitement of fighting the good fight can be, for lack of a better word, fun. But everything has its time and place. And even if we think a particular political issue...