Gene Epstein of Barron’s devotes his latest column to explaining why the government-mandated minimum wage fails to live up to its promise of helping the poor. The debate over raising the... Read More
The battles over school funding often dissolve into partisan bickering. But people hoping to use Robb Leandro as a political football for either side should look elsewhere. You might know his name... Read More
Josephus Daniels was a North Carolina newspaper mogul, Democratic party kingmaker, Prohibitionist, progressive leader, ardent Methodist, equally ardent segregationist, friend to William Jennings Bryan... Read More
An environmental calamity as massive as Duke Energy’s coal ash spill into the Dan River inevitably leads to finger-pointing. Someone has to pay. In media coverage and public response, Duke Energy... Read More
It’s certainly reasonable for people to use the unemployment rate and the number of jobs created to evaluate the performance of an economy. Robust growth typically means greater opportunities for... Read More
Here is something you might have missed in all the coverage of the massive coal ash spill into the Dan River at a shuttered Duke Energy plant on Feb. 2. There are a total of 31 coal ash ponds at... Read More
I am hurt,” says the dying Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet after trying to stand up for his friend Romeo and getting stabbed for it. “A plague o’ both your houses!” In popular remembrance, we... Read More
With Senator Kay Hagan’s controversial support of the Affordable Care Act and the subsequent release of anti-Obamacare ads in North Carolina, many Tar Heel residents are keeping their eyes on... Read More
When you can't win at the ballot box, enforce your will through the courts. That'a well-known tactic of the left and that's exactly the strategy on display in North Carolina. Earlier today Wake... Read More
Like all horror stories, this one began innocently. My daughter was moving to a new job out of state and on moving day she handed me a small box with a cable attached to it and asked, “Can you... Read More
