As the specifics — and many of the absurd objectives — of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal have come to light, the common refrain from Democrats who support it is that the plan is “aspirational.” In other words, they believe that the world Ocasio-Cortez envisions is somehow ideal. It…
Death and taxes aren’t the only two certainties North Carolinians face. New congressional and legislative districts are coming, too — for 2020 (by court order) and 2022 (after the end-of-decade census). Chances also are strong the Tar Heel State will get a 14th congressional district, so reapportionment should be…
Now that the individual mandate is essentially gone, we should be embracing reforms that work with our traditions of individual freedom and federalism rather than against them.
If the U.S. Supreme Court rejects future partisan gerrymandering cases, the primary legal battlefield is likely to shift to Raleigh.
If a Democratic judiciary strikes down popular policies just approved by the voters themselves, most will see the Democrats as the party hostile to popular sovereignty, not the Republicans.
Father of His Nation. Our first president. The New Cincinnatus. First in whiskey. President’s Day started out to celebrate the man behind those titles, George Washington, on his birthday, Feb. 22. Wait — first in whiskey? Yes. When Washington said farewell to the presidency in 1797, he hired a Scottish…
March is madness for high school seniors. Each year, seniors mark March as the final month in the agonizing wait for college decisions. Early application timelines mean the admission process is blessedly over for some. But many still wait, even as stakes soar and odds seem to dwindle. UNC-Chapel Hill,…
Philanthropy should alleviate immediate needs, to be sure, but it should also promote the virtues and practices that help human beings flourish.
The official press release about a school safety committee's final recommendations omits a key point.
Under our form of government, you are not entitled to be happy, and you are not entitled to enjoy the rights of someone else’s labor.
