Last week the Governor invited select radio and television news directors to a closed door (no camera) session where he sought to enlist their support in “positive news” about state government... Read More
I believe the origins of U.S. health insurance stem from depression era efforts to help hospitals in our growing urban areas remain open to care for those in need - in essence a pre-paid... Read More
James Pethokoukis reminds National Review Online readers that Obamacare’s real problems are not tied to the glitches that it will undoubtedly face as it’s implemented. President Obama admits... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday called the U.S. Justice Department's lawsuit against North Carolina’s voting law “overreach and without merit.” “I firmly believe we’ve done the right thing. I... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, October 1, 2013. In a lawsuit Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder said what many in North Carolina, including this editorial board, have already said: That a sweeping... Read More
Welfare … a word that evokes many emotions. The Republicans rail against welfare for the poor, saying that it creates dependency on the government. To that end, the U.S. House passed a bill cutting... Read More
The shutdown showdown shows how much worse politics is today than in the 1990s. And it was bad then. Back then, Newt Gingrich shut down the government because…well, nobody can remember why. Except... Read More
John Hood recently wrote that liberals dismiss Republican’s tax cuts and deregulation as economic tools because they don’t believe in the relationship between taxes, regulation and economic... Read More
I was in a political discussion when a conservative close to me said “What does it matter what we do? I thought about it for a minute and realized there was a great deal of truth in that simple yet... Read More
Today, U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) released the following statement regarding today’s vote on the House-passed Continuing Resolution: “I have voted 56 times to defeat, dismantle, and defund... Read More
