Corporate welfare is just plain bananas
Chiquita Brands, less than two years after being bribed by Charlotte's and North Carolina's political class to move headquarters to Charlotte, is on the verge of merging with an Irish company. The... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Democrats loose with labels, fast with facts
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion,” Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan reportedly observed, “but not his own facts.” Today, that sharp rebuke sounds like the description of a... Read More
NC Economy to grow in 2014, UNC Charlotte economist predicts
by Deon Roberts, Charlotte Observer, March 11, 2014. Despite sluggish job growth in recent months, North Carolina’s unemployment rate is expected to keep falling throughout 2014 to below 6 percent... Read More
Climate change links vanish from DENR website
Links and documents about climate change have recently disappeared from the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources website. As recently as Jan. 21, information about climate change was... Read More
Students must read to achieve
What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. I’m talking about the political struggle over North Carolina’s 3rd grade reading standard, not the violent struggle between Paul Newman and the... Read More
Yet another corporate tax cut?
A proposed change in the way North Carolina taxes multistate corporations would fail to achieve its goal of boosting investment and job creation, and instead result in revenue loss that would threaten... Read More
Buying pizza and repairing buildings
Back in 2000 or 2001, a state legislator named Art Pope was waiving around a list in a House committee meeting, demanding that the Democrats in charge take note. The list contained expenses paid by... Read More
A side step
It’s tough to stay a step ahead of a smart bureaucrat. About a week ago I wrote an article explaining how what a bureaucrat wants (for himself) and what’s best for public education isn’t... Read More
Expand Community Colleges
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, March 8, 2014. There are signs that market forces are responding to the increasingly difficult financial burden that higher education places upon families of... Read More
