Back to the future with health insurance
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
NC Spin Articles
Bugs aside, Obamacare’s basic concept can’t work
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
McCrory says Justice Department's voting lawsuit is 'overreach and without merit'
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
Feds right on voter suppression lawsuit
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
Time to put an end to corporate welfare
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
Shutdown politics
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
Race to the bottom
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
Mainstream vs. conservative Republicans
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
Burr on Obamacare: Grow up
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
GOP must give up demand for defunding Obamacare
Editorial by News and Observer, September 29, 2013 House Republicans on Saturday added a new demand to a bill that would continue funding the U.S. government. They want the Senate to approve a one... Read More
