Alvin York
I didn’t see much sense in making a lady in Indiana (or anywhere else) cater a gay wedding if she didn’t want to, so I said the Religious Freedom Act sounded like a fine idea – which turned out... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Duke, legislature must confront contamination near coal-ash dumps
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, April 28, 2015. Here in North Carolina, we take clean water for granted - until we can’t. Some residents near Duke Energy coal ash dumps, including the one at... Read More
Still not prosperous
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 29, 2015. A report published last week adds grim context to good news about North Carolina’s 5.4 percent unemployment rate. While more people are working... Read More
Why N.C. car insurance rates are the lowest in the nation
Editorial by Eric Frazier, The Charlotte Observer, April 29, 2015. Government is pretty distrusted these days, but here in North Carolina, motorists of all political stripes can rightfully sing the... Read More
Good cop, bad cop with Pat McCrory
When it comes to the treatment of Gov. Pat McCrory's administration, the House often is the good cop, and the Senate is the bad cop. Or maybe the Senate is the strict parent, while the House is more... Read More
Fallacies impede sound policy
Those who advocate rational public policy, based on a thorough understanding of the principles of human action and the benefits of voluntary exchange, are bound to be disappointed much of the time... Read More
Threatening consumers with court system spam
Why thousands of average citizens could get dragged into court by controversial “debt buying” legislation If you thought that the ignominy of being sued for “bad debt” and all the fun things... Read More
False equivalence
John Drescher of the N&O called foul on Governor McCrory’s public-records stonewalling. But will the media referees let McCrory manufacture a counterpunch against Roy Cooper? It’s called “false... Read More
A shortsighted view
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 28, 2015. Pictures don’t lie. A bystander’s cellphone video of a North Charleston, S.C., police officer’s fatal shooting on April 4 of a black motorist... Read More
Delay on incentives worries former commerce leaders
by Tyler Dukes, WRAL, April 28, 2015. Former leaders of the state's commerce agency warn that the uncertainty over North Carolina's job incentives programs is affecting the state's ability to compete... Read More
