What is an election? That seemingly simple question has turned into a thicket of historical interpretations for six of North Carolina's seven state Supreme Court justices, who must decide whether a... Read More
A rally in support of House Bill 2, the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, organized by the Christian Action League of NC and Return America, along with other social conservative groups, was... Read More
Why Gov. McCrory and legislative leaders may be doing the state an inadvertent favor There are a lot of reasons for caring and thinking North Carolinians to feel pretty discouraged these days about... Read More
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, April 12, 2016. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services should do its job and put an end to mistaken Medicaid overpayments to doctors and... Read More
By enacting House Bill 2, the legislature did the wrong thing. I made the wrong vote and we must now make it right. My parents raised me to avoid any rush to judgment and to consider the consequences... Read More
When I first advocated the idea of parental choice in elementary and secondary education, it was considered by many to be a radical notion. It shouldn’t have been. For decades, American students and... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory announced Monday that he plans to expand the state’s Medicaid rolls in several limited areas as part of his Health and Human Services budget priorities, and will continue to seek... Read More
One of the first principles I teach my new economics students is the benefits of trade. I use the following example (remember, I’m talking to 18- to 20-year-olds): Two students live across the hall... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, April 8, 2016. It's easy to snipe at the legislature when it does something wrong, and lately, North Carolina's Honorables have been fish in the figurative barrel... Read More
Controversy over North Carolina's new law blocking anti-discrimination rules covering the LGBT community has made national headlines and now the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority (CRVA) says... Read More
