The need to regulate crisis pregnancy centers
Last month, in one of its more troubling recent rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court sent the case challenging North Carolina’s “Choose Life” license plates back to the Fourth Circuit Court of... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Bad bill: Soak the rich, drown the poor
North Carolina’s historic 2013 tax reform drastically improved our state’s tax climate, making the Tar Heel State far more competitive for job and investment growth. The Tax Foundation credited... Read More
The forgotten starting point for Medicaid reform
One of the things holding up passage of a state budget for the next two years and the adjournment of the 2015 session of the General Assembly is Medicaid reform. Senate leaders stuffed their version... Read More
Despite record revenues federal government showed a deficit
Ali Meyer documents for Washington Free Beacon readers the federal government’s record-high tax collection for the 2015 budget year. The federal government collected a record amount of taxes in... Read More
Foley should leave state elections board
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, July 14, 2015. Public trust is essential for any public official to be effective. State Board of Elections member Paul Foley is in danger of losing that trust. It... Read More
Don't engage in statistical silliness
Should regulators require child-safety locks on stepladders? Such a rule would have been a real problem at the Hood abode years ago when my boys were little. At the time, there were a couple of... Read More
Four big questions as lawmakers return from summer vacation
The General Assembly has returned from its week-long break in the middle of this year's legislative session. Here are four questions that may or may not be answered in the next couple of months as... Read More
N.C. voting law: illegal or just bad?
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, July 14, 2014. North Carolina’s new voting laws are wrong-headed. But are they illegal or unconstitutional? That’s what U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder has... Read More
A critical problem for the elderly (and those who aspire to that status)
The desperate need to improve our treatment of caregivers If you are a person of relatively sound mind and body, consider the following question tonight as you get ready for bed: If you needed help... Read More
Pure power play
Flexing its muscles, the Republican Establishment decided to put Donald Trump in his place – but missed that while Trump may be part whacko he’s also pure cutthroat: When the GOP Doyens sitting... Read More
