The Talk-Radio Two-Step
The debut of a liberal talk-radio network got huge press coverage last week — even though it began on only five stations. At the same time, two new conservative shows began with far more affiliates but far less attention.
Guilford County Commissioner Billy Yow has fought a years-long battle with the local NAACP. His latest, lamest stunt is a T-shirt with a revolting and divisive message.
A Raleigh investigative reporter has uncovered yet another state-funded nonprofit with questionable expeditures -- and links to a lawmaker. And yes, it's Rep. Thomas Wright.
A new Brookings Institution paper examines the gap between what American voters believe and what is demonstrably true. But ignorance of policy details is not always irrational.
Defenders of the modern, international economy are finally firing back after repeated salvos from neo-protectionists about job losses. But broadsides won't be enough to prevail.
NC Ports Authority CEO Eric Stromberg is out, and so is the organization -- out of step with the public discourse and out of the bounds of proper government.
In his 2002 Senate bid, Erskine Bowles tried to be something he's not, and fell far short. This time, Bowles is showing that he knows something the national Dems don't.
Good-quality textbooks are the building blocks of a sound education. But evidence abounds that the texts used in our public schools fall far short of a firm foundation.
Authors of In Denial chronicle the inability of Leftist historians to admit the faults of Soviet communism.
State revenues are apparently still running slightly above projections in this fiscal year -- but lawmakers shouldn't get too excited about what this means for the 2004 session.
To students of the Bible, it is preposterous to charge that Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ is anti-Semitic.
Pessimists continue to assert that we are close to running out of oil, the engine of the modern economy. So how come it costs less in real terms than it did 20 or 30 years ago?