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Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, reprinted from News and Observer, March 23, 2015. The News & Observer of Raleigh published a longer version of this editorial last week. While many factions are...    Read More

March 24, 2015

Protect the many

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 24, 2015. Sen. Jeff Tarte said he respects religious freedom but added, “Your rights stop at the point you start impinging on anybody else’s rights...    Read More

March 24, 2015

Time to compromise with campus liberals

Dear UNC Board of Governors: As you probably already know, Gabriel Lugo is president of the faculty senate at UNCW, which stands for The University of North Carolina for Whining Liberals. As faculty...    Read More

March 24, 2015


The Superintendent shuffle

Public school superintendents have been in the news lately, and it’s not been flattering. Desperate to move on from the contentious tenure of Superintendent Katie McGee, the Brunswick County Board...    Read More

March 24, 2015

Tread lightly on religious liberty

Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, March 21, 2015. Religious liberty seems to be a slippery concept in the North Carolina Senate. Last month, senators passed a bill allowing magistrates to refuse to...    Read More

March 23, 2015

Raleigh must not copy federal dysfunction

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, March 20, 2015. Have you heard this one? The administration was engaged in a power struggle with the House and Senate, so the lawmakers threaten to hold up nominee...    Read More

March 23, 2015


Careful about rule changes

To the extent that Roy Cooper has a reasonable chance of defeating Gov. Pat McCrory for reelection, it’s because many of his fellow Democrats failed in their efforts to change the electoral process...    Read More

by John Hood   |   March 23, 2015

The rift in Raleigh

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 22, 2015. The harsh language heard in Raleigh last week echoes the heated rhetoric frequently sounded in Washington. There, it’s understandable. A...    Read More

March 22, 2015



The incentives insult

I wonder if the N.C. Legislature understands the “smack in the face” effect its incentives to lure new businesses to the state has on a business like mine that has been operating here for over...    Read More

March 21, 2015