John Hood of the John Locke Foundation recently wrote an opinion piece for the Tribune; its headline was “Freedom is growth strategy.” He then proceeded to give the Republican led NC legislature a grade of A and the Democrats a grade of D. Through
Freedom means equality
RALEIGH — Whether North Carolina pays its public schoolteachers at a level close or equal to the national average is one of the most-debated i…
RALEIGH — After decades of debate and litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court has settled a contentious matter: governments will now be authorized…
RALEIGH — As elementary and secondary schools open their doors across North Carolina for the 2018-19 academic year, the cumulative effects of …
RALEIGH — My wife is angry at the government. No surprise there, I suppose — we do have a great deal in common.
RALEIGH — Wealthy North Carolinians pay a higher share of their incomes in taxes than do middle-income North Carolinians, who in turn have a h…
RALEIGH — North Carolina politics can be exhausting. The past few weeks have brought us wrangling over redistricting and constitutional amendm…
RALEIGH — When natural disasters or other emergencies hit our state, North Carolinians respond in droves — and I’m not just referring to the c…
It used to be that the GOP advocated reduced deficits and lower national debt. It no longer seems to be the case.
RALEIGH — Do political movements ever really accomplish anything? The English writer G.K. Chesterton had his doubts. “The whole modern world h…
RALEIGH — How should we respond to the urban-rural divide? The question has legions of politicians, scholars, journalists, and businesses scra…
RALEIGH — There has always been a robust political debate between advocates of free trade and advocates of manipulating the terms of trade to …
As a recent patient at CMC Northeast(Atrium) for ten days, I was most impressed with the quality of care provided by doctors and other staff m…
RALEIGH — As dysfunctional as Congress has become, it does manage to enact some useful bills. One of them, the Evidence-Based Policymaking Act…
RALEIGH — The average public-school district in the United States enrolls about 3,700 students, according to a recent Governing magazine analy…
RALEIGH — Milton Friedman once observed that “nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” To be sure, spending bills or regula…
RALEIGH — The single most important issue during every legislative session is the approval or revision of North Carolina’s state budget. For t…
