Opinion
The Summers Squall Still Blowing
Larry Summers, Clinton friend and liberal president of Harvard, is in trouble with feminists for advancing an hypothesis in an academic setting. It's really come to this.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
The charter school movement is at a critical juncture. Currently, over 21,000 students attend 98 charter schools around the state. Many more students languish on waiting lists. Unless the current law is changed, only two more schools can be chartered, leaving many students and families out in the cold. The fact is that many counties in North Carolina do not have even one charter school. In order to effect meaningful change to public education in North Carolina, we all must engage in the political process. Don't sit on the sidelines—make sure your voice is heard.
Opinion
Inferiority Complex
Once upon a time, I was a college student in music school and needed to purchase a metronome. A traditional old-style metronome is a handsome accessory to a home, much like a mantel clock. The problem is that these are expensive, and they don't travel well, even though musicians often need to tote them around with their other equipment.
Opinion
Definitely a Baseless Ethical Charge
Republicans in early 2003 jumped to the conclusion that party-switcher Michael Decker had ushered in the Black-Morgan coalition in the House for personal gain. Naw -- couldn't be.
Opinion
You Mean Socialism Isn’t Superior?
A new paper punctures the mythology surrounding government-run health insurance as superior to private markets — just in time to dovetail with a Wednesday luncheon in Raleigh on the subject.
Opinion
No. 814: ‘Pillow Effect’ Softens Local Government Budgets
This is a good time for local-government officials to inspect fund balances held by school boards.
Opinion
Keeping It In the Red Zone
Gov. Easley's modest proposal for a cap on state debt has pro-spending interests seeing red — primarily because they want to see North Carolina government more in the red in coming years.
Opinion
No. 813: Securing U.S. Borders Should Be Nation’s #1 Priority
Lax enforcement of border control and immigration laws puts the United States at the mercy of al Qaeda and other terrorists.
Opinion
Why the Governor is Half-Right
Critics say Gov. Mike Easley’s call for higher sales taxes on some items is too friendly to business and not need for Internet tax compliance. Those aren't the right reasons to oppose the taxes.
Opinion
Up in Smoke: Protecting Teens From Themselves
To take up smoking, or not to take up smoking? Either way, the proposed $.50 per pack addition to the cigarette tax (Raleigh News & Observer archive)in North Carolina probably won't make much difference to the adults and teens considering starting, or resuming, the habit.
Opinion
No. 165: For the Survival of Democracy: The New Deal, a New Era of Sobriety
Burton Fulsom, Jr. reviews Alonzo Hamby's new book in which he breaks historians' habit of fawning over FDR's New Deal.
Opinion
The Arts — For Art’s Sake
A new RAND study debunks several common and absurd claims about the economic and academic returns from arts funding. Naturally, advocates of taxpayer subsidy aren't pleased.
