Opinion
No. 802: Doctors Kill More People a Year Than Guns Do
Statistically, doctors kill more people than guns do, so why do liberals want to deny protection to law-abiding citizens?
Opinion
A Disgraceful Tradition
There is no serious case for the travesty of justice that the state board of elections is attempting in the ag commissioner race. Britt Cobb has a fateful decision to make.
Opinion
No. 801: UNC Tuition: Too Sweet a Deal for Nonresidents
North Carolina should increase college tuition for nonresidents to take some pressure off the state's taxpayers.
Opinion
Dredging Up A Policy Issue
There's less federal funding to dredge our coastal inlets, so some think Congress is "dropping the ball." Actually, the ball should never have been thrown towards Washington.
Opinion
What Dell Will Really Deliver
The newly struck deal between Dell computers and the state of North Carolina should give us pause before celebration. Legislators approved $243 million in state tax breaks to Dell, while Forsyth County and Winston-Salem will add $37 million to the state’s offer, for a total of $280 million in "incentives."
Opinion
Why They Cling to Their Faith
Those who embrace the global-warming hypothesis do so on faith and not on the scientific method.
Opinion
Home Values and the Price of Bad Neighbors
My horrible neighbors are moving. Or at least trying to. And I’m going to do everything I can to help them. This morning I noticed a "For Sale" sign on the front yard next door, complete with hand-written phone number. My first instinct was to sneak back after dark and add some balloons to the sign (the better to attract attention to the offer).
Opinion
Preaching Responsibility
Former NFL star Reggie White, who died Sunday in Cornelius, deserves to be remembered not only for his football prowess but also for his religious teaching and example.
Opinion
Political Debate Gets Blogged Down
The 2004 political season may be remembered for a lot of interesting personalities, developments, and outcomes — but one possibility is that it will be the Year of the Blog.
Opinion
Surplus and Scarcity Go Hand in Hand
Scarcity and surplus seem like opposite concepts, and they are often confused. But surplus is not the opposite of scarcity, and a surplus good is not the opposite of a scarce good. There's no paradox here: take Christmas trees, for example. Fresh-cut Christmas trees, an icon of the holiday season, are a highly desirable consumer item, at least through Christmas Eve.
Opinion
The Trouble with Transit
Most big-city transit systems are in deep financial trouble these days and are desperately seeking money to tide them over until the economy or ridership (or both) improve. But this may be a good time to step back and ask the larger question: Why doesn’t transit work better in the U.S.?
Opinion
On Cash-Strapped Big Spenders
Governments often claim to be cash-strapped just in time for budget deliberations. Then you find out later that a previously starving parks & rec department is offering free yoga classes.
