I read an interesting story the other day. Colorado anesthesiologist Tim Farnum wants his state to prohibit retailers from selling smartphones for use by anyone younger than 13. After noticing his children became “moody” and “withdrawn” when on the devices, Farnum created a group called Parents Against Underage Smartphones…
When it comes to figuring out the right combination of elements to create a successful venture, entrepreneurs seeking competitive rates of return are the only practical answer.
If lawmakers get no credit for their incentives programs, it's only fair to wonder how much longer they will support those programs.
When we argue about politics, we are all too often, quite literally, not speaking the same language when it comes to the definition of government.
North Carolinians had much to celebrate over the Independence Day weekend. Unlike residents of, say, New Jersey. Even though the Garden State had no budget in place, Jerseyites saw Gov. Chris Christie luxuriate on a public beach that was closed to, well, the public. Unless you were…
Political observers hurt their arguments when they fail to acknowledge key background information.
Paying teachers to get degrees produced a steady stream of revenue to education schools, even as it produced no detectable improvement in student learning.
The vast majority of the 1.3 million North Carolinians supposedly harmed by the Senate health bill either aren’t covered under Obamacare right now, or they don’t want to be.
The N.C. House has stripped a provision in Senate Bill 155 that would have allowed North Carolina distilleries to sell directly to consumers, via the internet. Rep. Pat Hurley, R-Randolph, proposed the amendment to remove that part of the bill, which passed the House on…
In December, my colleagues and I put together a Roadmap to Freedom in preparation for the 2017 legislative session. It outlined in short-form our goals and objectives. It talked about where we would put our resources and was meant to serve as a guide to our principles and priorities.
