Labor market on the mend
North Carolina’s economy isn’t behaving the way it was supposed to. According to liberal critics of Gov. Pat McCrory and the leadership of the General Assembly, the state should be losing its... Read More
North Carolina’s economy isn’t behaving the way it was supposed to. According to liberal critics of Gov. Pat McCrory and the leadership of the General Assembly, the state should be losing its... Read More
Jokes about “Polacks” have always been tasteless and silly. Based on the latest international test scores, trying to get a laugh today by portraying Polish people as ignorant or dumb is a good way... Read More
If you are even an occasional reader of this space, you know that I put very little stock in “best places for business” lists. There are too many of them, reflecting too many different and... Read More
Every passionate reader has a first literary love – that first book that captured your attention and inspired your desire to explore and understand. For me, it was a true classic: A Child’s... Read More
For North Carolina liberals intent on recovering some political power in Raleigh, a funny thing happened on the way to a quorum: reality intruded on their most-cherished claims about the two biggest... Read More
During the 1990s, North Carolina’s public schools posted some of the strongest performance gains in the country on independent reading and math tests. Democrats and Republicans took pride in the... Read More
Over the past three years, the North Carolina legislature has enacted Ronald Reagan’s favorite tax reform, Barry Goldwater’s favorite regulatory reform, and Milton Friedman’s favorite education... Read More
Moving is a hassle. We like the new house, but my kids and I are still living partially out of boxes, figuring out where the light switches are, investigating the source of strange new noises, and... Read More
Remember when fiscal conservatives took over North Carolina government and radically reduced its size and scope? Sorry, trick question. No such event ever happened, except in the fevered imagination... Read More
Not too long ago, North Carolina Republicans competed effectively with Democrats in urban elections. In fact, there was a moment in the 1990s — a fleeting moment, as it turned out — when the... Read More