A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel has dismissed a New Bern eye surgeon’s challenge against the state’s certificate-of-need restrictions. Yet Judge John Tyson’s written opinion highlighted problems associated with the state's CON process.
North Carolina ophthalmologist Jay Singleton has a state-of-the-art vision center in New Bern east of Fayetteville, where he can treat patients at a fraction of big hospital costs. Unfortunately, the state won’t let him use his space for most of the surgeries he performs. Instead, Singleton must drive two miles down the road to a...
No one should be happy about the baby formula shortage. There’s nothing good about watching families scramble to meet life-and-death needs of society’s most vulnerable members. That’s why this observer remains reluctant to declare any piece of the story a proverbial silver lining. Nonetheless, there is a chance that a good result could emerge from...
On Sunday June 12, Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut announced that a group of U.S. senators had reached agreement on a package of gun reforms. Both of North Carolina’s senators, Republicans Thom Tillis and Richard Burr, were part of this bipartisan working group.
Are the ’70s back? Hopefully not the fashion, but I’ll take the music. Tube socks with short shorts are a bad look for most people. Yet the world would be a better place if we listened to a little more “Saturday Night Fever” and Yacht Rock. Two things I had hoped we’d never relive from...
The anti-offshore drilling ban will likely damage the environment by choking off funding for a critical federal conservation program.
Given recent tragedies, some conservatives say “universal background checks” (UBCs) and “red flag” gun confiscation orders (GCOs) aren’t so bad and perhaps we should “compromise.” Ignoring, momentarily, that neither measure would prevent mass killings (since most involve gang killings, not active shooters) and that their inevitable failure will have gun ban advocates clamoring for more,...
Donna Matias, attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses client Ami Hill’s lawsuit challenging Kill Devil Hills’ rules restricting “itinerant vendors.”
