Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
Criticism is again being levied against our state's high schools, this time from a
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A Good Day for Good Government
It was a do-or-die day for many bills at the General Assembly -- or so the rules said -- and for the most part the results were friendly to liberty and good government.
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Look Before Your Legislate
A proposal to ban cell phone use by North Carolina drivers failed Tuesday to get a favorable report from a House panel. There may be some good reasons for caution here.
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Dali Melted It, Einstein Relativized It, and Capital Saved It
Of all of the commodities and services available to consumers in the market, one of the most precious is never bought or sold explicitly. That good is "more time for ourselves." Yet time is the one thing that most of us want more of, whether it's for leisure or some other purpose.
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Heading Into The Penalty Box
The NC House may vote soon on a bill intended to abolish the death penalty. More and more folks are figuring that out.
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On the Stupid Restaurant Industry
The restaurant industry is being incredibly stupid by opposing a smoking ban that would actually increase restaurant patronage — or so says the would-be banners. The argument is faulty.
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No. 166: Not So Wild, Wild West: Things Ran Well Until Government Showed Up
The Not So Wild, Wild West teaches us much about human nature and the economic way of thinking in the Old West.
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No. 832: Meth: Good Intentions, Bad Law
State legislation that would limit an ingredient of meth punishes the wrong people and focuses on the wrong crime.
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Socioeconomic resources and test scores
PRINCETON, NJ — According to this imaginative and timely analysis, family socio-economic status may explain as much as half a standard deviation in initial achievement gaps between black/Hispanic and white children at the time they enter school.
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Get Down to Budget Specifics
Should North Carolina continue to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on teacher assistants? This is the kind of specific question that politicians need to answer.
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It’s Not Caged, Pre-Chewed Grass on Display
It's almost too much fun to write about kudzu. The care and feeding of kudzu has taken on a mythology that rivals that of Audrey, the horticultural star of the sci-fi, romantic-comedy, horror/thriller Little Shop of Horrors. There are some eerie parallels between kudzu and the alien plant in Little Shop.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
Spending $34.2 billion in two years? That's a tall order. But not for North Carolina legislators, who recently passed Senate Bill 622 (our state budget) out of the Senate and on to the House. As part of that budget, the Department of Public Instruction stands to receive roughly $6.7 billion a year.
