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
In case you are wondering how things are going for Gov. Pat McCrory two weeks after he signed a sweeping anti-LGBT bill that has prompted widespread outrage and opposition from more than 120 CEOs of... Read More
Republicans and Democrats Both Back Education Savings Accounts Support for ESAs Is Bipartisan, Spans North Carolina and Crosses ideology Will Strong Support Lay Foundation for Legislation? Civitas... Read More
Throughout 2016 we’re going to be looking at the most competitive statewide and legislative elections in North Carolina. We’re going to start off with a preliminary analysis of the presidential... Read More
Advocates for workers on Thursday called on state lawmakers to reverse the cuts to unemployment benefits they approved three years ago. In 2013, when state businesses owed the federal government... Read More
It’s pretty messed up what North Carolina hospitals have to go through just to be able to own an MRI machine. That’s what we learned recently while sitting in a stuffy government building on the... Read More
University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings told chancellors of the 17-campus system this week that they need to abide by a new state law requiring people to use bathrooms that... Read More
Do you want Negroes using your toilet facilities?” Campaign flyer, Willis Smith for US Senate, 1950 Every time equal rights take a new step forward, opponents run for the bathroom. They’re doing... Read More
