Pipeline demise won’t halt natural gas
It will remain uneconomical to replace coal-fired plants with renewables for “baseload generation” — for the level of power needed to serve basic needs when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing.
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Checks, balances, and increased prospects for bipartisan cooperation
A basic component of limited, constitutional government also can produce better policies.
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Just causes need prudent leaders
It’s not enough to fight courageously for a worthy cause. Prudence and wisdom matter, too, if your goal is to win.
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Extending ABC license renewals a nice gesture, but it’s not enough
The N.C. General Assembly was correct in voting — unanimously — to extend a deadline for businesses to renew state alcohol permits. The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, in response to the governor’s lockdown orders, set a grace period for bars, restaurants, and other venues to…
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A health care price transparency win for the Trump administration
America’s convoluted, public-private health care system is filled with bad policies and inefficiencies. Government intrusion into the market has rendered it unusable and impenetrable for many. A lack of price transparency is one of the most glaring issues in America’s health care system. It’s hard to…
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Don’t keep workers sidelined
But getting people back to work, not encouraging them to remain unemployed for additional months, should be the priority. Long-term joblessness has deleterious effects of its own.
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Beware those ignoring facts that contradict their historical narratives
The story of a 12th-century English king offers valuable lessons in today's anti-historical climate.
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Choice should guide school reopening
North Carolinians have varying needs, perspectives, and tolerance for risk. We simply don’t agree on school reopening.
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Government edicts, lockdowns ignore power of personal responsibility
This coronavirus isn’t going anywhere. It has burrowed deep into our communities, our hospitals, our psyches. It won’t magically disappear, despite all the wishing. The hoping and the dreaming. We’re hurting. In the eye of a hurricane it’s futile to try to assess the damage. We’re…
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The great debate: To wear or not to wear?
It’s trite to say the country is divided. It’s a presidential election year and the racially charged protests over police conduct ended whatever fleeting moment of national unity there was in the age of coronavirus. Splits along racial, generational, and ideological lines run deep, and much ink…