Opinion (Page 3)

• A lost class ring shows power of the internet to warm the heart of strangers

  “I just knew some nice person would find my ring, I just did not know it would be you."…

  by Dallas Woodhouse
• How government efforts to lower prices can increase costs

  Programs like Medicare and Medicaid sold as making health care more “affordable” may dramatically lower the price of health care to enrollees, but very well may increase the costs to society of delivering care.

  by Brian Balfour
• HR1 would make elections less secure in North Carolina and nationwide

  Perhaps the most pernicious part of H.R. 1 is that it would require North Carolina to legalize ballot trafficking (also known as ballot harvesting), a process that allows third parties to collect and deliver ballots to boards of elections.

  by Andy Jackson
• Let’s head off labor shortages

  Not enough young people are graduating from high school, receiving good postsecondary education or training, and then developing valuable skills through on-the-job experience.

  by John Hood
• Answering the $600 million question.

   In NC, about 130,000 companies with 1.27 million employees have received PPP loans, totaling over $12 billion.

  by Becki Gray
• High-profile murder case might offer clues about N.C. Supreme Court splits

  Democratic and Republican justices split over whether to order a new trial in a brutal murder case.

  by Mitch Kokai
• Suburban voters form largest bloc

  Most suburban voters in North Carolina continue to favor the GOP. If they didn’t, the party would not be able to compete with Democrats.

  by John Hood
• NC needs bold action, not little tugs, to cut out unnecessary licensing

  The way to solve the North Carolinian knot would be to go straight at it with several structural reforms.

  by Jon Sanders
• Hats off for not seeing race

  We all have witnessed individuals and some in the media engage in race hustling and race-baiting to sell a story. Some of these narratives are eye-opening and often draw attention to important issues but many are simply designed to leave Americans in a state of self-loathing. However, it is nice…

  by Joshua Peters
• Mark Robinson understands a simple truth: Classroom indoctrination is real

  Smarter than many Republican politicians, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson understands his political base. Many parents across North Carolina care about ideological indoctrination in schools and know that it exists in at least some classrooms. Over in Loudoun County, Virginia, a recent bombshell by the Daily Wire reveals how bad…

  by Ray Nothstine