Opinion
One Case Ends, Another Begins
On the same day that the NC Institute for Constitutional Law filed suit against the Dell incentives, the US Supreme Court bungled another case involving abuse of government power.
Opinion
The Impact of Kelo v. New London
Kelo v. New London, a recently decided U.S. Supreme Court case, affirmed that the seizure of private property by the government in the name of economic development is consistent with the “Public Use Clause” of the Fifth Amendment. By acting under this Court sanctioned justification, we are destroying the foundation, not only on which the Constitution was founded, but on which our success as a Nation is built.
Opinion
Sell Airports — For the Children
Let’s sell the international airports in Charlotte, the Triangle, and the Triad to private operators — and use the proceeds to build schools and roads. Other states and countries are leading the way, naturally.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
Most people want to believe the best about America's schools. In fact, traditional government schools are about as sacred and wholesome as motherhood and apple pie. But when does confidence in government schools become blind (and unwarranted) faith?
Opinion
The Funding Mandate That Isn’t
At a Tuesday rally, activists demanded that legislators comply with judicial rulings and shove tens of millions more into public schools. No such court order exists.
Opinion
For MSM, There Are No More Gates to Keep
RALEIGH — What was it that made Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin go to the well of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday evening and beg for forgiveness? Fear was in his eyes along with tears as he professed to love and cherish the very American servicemen that he slandered on June 14 at that very same podium.
Opinion
No. 835: U.S. History Is Becoming History
Parents need to make a concerted effort to rescue factual U.S. history from the make-believe history taught today by revisionists.
Opinion
A Revealing Set of Numbers
North Carolinians aren't happy with the direction of their state, and a group of them are preparing to rally Wednesday to make their voices heard. Here's part of the reason why.
Opinion
No. 834: Finding Pieces to the Education Puzzle
The ever-escalating costs of education require that counties use vision and innovation to find new sources of revenue.
Opinion
On World-Class Chumps
Charlotte, like many other American cities, will soon see a new sports arena completed. But the Carolina Bobcats project is distinctive -- and not in a good way.
Opinion
The Magical Means to Keep the Kingdom Clean
Streets clean enough to eat off of? Not quite, but close. Trashcans are strategically placed, but no more so than in an ordinary city. Hundreds of thousands of people travel the streets of Disney World, generating tons of trash daily. But why no litter, no food debris, no castaway diapers, on these city streets?
Opinion
Refresher Course in Mind & Market
Jerry Muller's book The Mind and the Market is an excellent way to take a guided tour through all that European philosophy, economics, and social criticism you used to know about from college.
