Editorial by News and Observer, January 8, 2014. Insurers must have taken it literally when they attended their last industry convention and some inspirational speaker encouraged them to “reach for... Read More
Let's suppose I happened to have scads of money, millions and millions of dollars. (OK, this exercise requires a lot of imagination.) Now let's suppose that I decided to put some portion of my net... Read More
Don’t underestimate a candidate who already won 12 million Americans’ votes on TV. Clay Aiken may be a surprising candidate for Congress, but he may be just what Democrats need: a new face and... Read More
Governor Pat McCrory is spending a lot of time these days talking about what he calls the “Carolina Comeback,” his political slogan for what he describes as the state’s economic recovery created... Read More
After decades of health care debates going back at least to the Nixon and Clinton administrations, Obamacare has arrived, though handling health care through private markets paid with insurance has... Read More
If distinguished international visitors – say from Belgium and Finland – observed North Carolina’s elections they would have a difficult time describing the state’s political system as a... Read More
Left-wing politicians, activists, and ideologues are desperate to stop and reverse North Carolina’s free-market renaissance. They aspire to unseat conservative leaders, invalidate conservative ideas... Read More
My son Ben’s language arts teacher emailed one morning this winter to tell me she is leaving Ben’s school. I feel sick, but I don’t blame her. Three of Ben’s middle school teachers have left... Read More
President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Tuesday to extend jobless benefits for 1.3 million Americans, dismissing the suggestion that the checks lead people to shun work and insisting there’s no... Read More
