Partisan decline is nothing new
In the past eight years, Democratic registration in North Carolina has dropped by about 128,000 voters while Republicans have gained 124,000 voters during the same period.
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Category: Opinion
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On reform, quicken the pace
The pause in North Carolina’s educational progress evident by the early 2000s is difficult to attribute to any particular policy change.
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Congress should take bold steps to keep feds out of local law enforcement
Under federal civil asset forfeiture, local and state law enforcement officers can take your property, including cash, if they suspect said property was somehow connected to a crime. You may be charged with a crime, or you may not. It doesn’t matter, because, as it’s technically…
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Administration should consider public opinion on expansion of civil forfeiture
Under federal civil asset forfeiture, local and state law enforcement officers can take your property, including cash, if they suspect said property was somehow connected to a crime. You may be charged with a crime, or you may not. It doesn’t matter, because, as it’s technically…
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Campuses shouldn’t breed contempt
The message many Republicans and conservatives perceive from higher education sounds something like this: “Give us your children. Give us your money. Then, shut up.”…
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Candidate’s post about race has no place in political discourse
A vile strain of racial tension has infected our national discourse. Cable “news” and radio talk shows add to the rancor, which is traceable. Policies and rhetoric from the highest levels of our government have left us unprotected from those who poison American ideals…
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Governors matter to business leaders
Business investment in the months before election days is lower in states with gubernatorial elections than in states without them, illustrating the costs of political uncertainty.
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Rules limp off into the sunset
A few other states have experimented with similar reforms, but North Carolina has been a pioneer in marrying the ongoing review of its administrative code with annual regulatory-reform bills.
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GOP is right to worry about Trump’s performance
History suggests the 2018 congressional elections won’t be kind to Republicans. In half of the eight midterms since 1986, the party occupying the White House lost majority control of the Senate. In only two House off-year elections since 1934 has the president’s party enjoyed net seat gains — in 1998, when voters were reacting…
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Carolina traditions still have value
North Carolinians have developed governmental institutions that favor legislative over executive power, statewide consistency over local sovereignty, and fiscal solvency over grandiose plans.