The mantle of justice
There are some brave enough to speak to cruelty and harm being done today. But more are needed. Read More
Balanced Debate For The Old North State.
My Spin by Tom Campbell
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You can't say thatGeorge Carlin's comedy routine was entertaining. Today's ban on words is threatening. Read More |
Trade uncertainty will hamper growth
Increases in uncertainty are followed by declines in investments, output and employment. Read More
Our first hundred days of Hell
Have you had enough or do you need to suffer more? Read More
NC teacher pay now ranks 43rd
The budget the NC Senate passed would give teachers a 3.3% raise and a $3,000 bonus. With continued inflation and a possible recession on the horizon, that doesn’t help them keep up. Read More
A quiet ride, a loud truth about education
A microschool is a rapidly growing trend; kind of a modern take on the one-room schoolhouse. It can really look like whatever the parents want it to, but generally it has fewer than 50 kids, it can have a customized curriculum and be led by a certified teacher or a team of parents.. Read More
The Daniels and their newspaper
For more than a century one family one newspaper dominated political discussion in North Carolina. Read More
Tariff tensions: How trade wars hurt families in NC
We need to have transparency and logic in our trade, tax, and energy policies — because small businesses don’t operate on cable news cycles. They operate on balance sheets and razor-thin margins. Read More
The real problem.....
Even when a voter agrees with a candidate on issues, if he sees that candidate as crooked or untrustworthy he won’t vote for him. Read More
Pritzker and Sanford
The Illinois governor got his political start working on Terry Sanford's US Senate campaign in 1986. Read More
Freer places have happier residents
Free societies aren’t perfect societies. No such societies exist. But they are also dynamic, creative, and, in the best sense of the word, progressive. Read More
County leaders question private school vouchers
11 counties in our state don't even have a private school but vouchers are taking funds away from their students. Read More
North Carolina’s clean energy boom: a blueprint for economic growth and American energy independence
Clean energy investments, coupled with North Carolina's business-friendly environment are transforming our state. Read More
It’s silly season at the North Carolina General Assembly
As lawmakers hurtle toward their self-imposed May 8 “crossover deadline” – the date by which many bills must be approved in one house to be eligible for consideration in the other – the legislative process is arguably its chaotic worst. Read More
Court spells out limits for constitutional right to hunt and fish
Can state laws restrict or govern hunting on Sundays? Read More
They missed this one
The DEI police are going to choke once they read the Spring 2025 USA Philatelic Catalogue of Commemorative Stamps. Heads will roll! Read More
Carolinian championed freedom for all
John Swanson Jacobs fought to to redeem the “promissory note” of the Declaration of Independence, as Martin Luther King Jr. memorably put it. Read More
It could be anyone
Those who are accused of committing crimes in this country, no matter how much we deplore their alleged actions, are still entitled to due process under the law. Read More
Congress can unleash NC’s economy
Cutting taxes on North Carolinians and rolling back needless regulations will unleash our great state’s economy like never before. Read More
North Carolinians’ confidence in elected policymakers
This insightful poll reveals how confident people in our state are with those who are leading them. Read More
NC business leaders: ‘This state shouldn’t be 49th in anything’
If you take the amount of money North Carolina spends on k-12 public education and divide by our gross domestic product we are 49th in the country. Read More
Public health and financial risk: Why NC must reject the raw milk bill
House Bill 609 may seem like a step toward agricultural freedom, but in reality, it is a risky proposition — both for consumers and farmers. Read More
Who wants to be Tennessee?
The GOP has deliberately gutted the scaffolding of support for rural North Carolina at a time when our state increasingly faces crushing geographical inequality. Read More
Who controls the Federal Reserve?
The creators of the Federal Reserve in the early 20th century wanted the agency to be independent, restricting the President and the Congress from interfering in the Fed’s actions. Read More
Explanation as to why conservatives defend free enterprise
Pro-enterprise is not necessarily the same thing as to be pro-business, particularly if the latter is defined as encompassing any policy that might benefit a specific firm or industry. Read More
Riggs v Griffin
The longer this election outcome drags on the more damage it does to our election system. Read More
