Those who got the implications of welfare reform very wrong in the 1990s haven't yet offered a coherent explanation -- and now there's another inconvenient fact to explain.
The Easley administration didn't much like the suggestion that its tax policies were putting North Carolina's economy to sleep. But it's time for a wake-up call.
“How did North Carolina get into such budget problems” is a frequent question asked among public-policy thinkers and regular citizens during the past couple of years. Although many factors contributed, clearly an important one is that North Carolina spent an increasing share of its income on government functions in the 1990s, and when the economic slowdown and recession came in 2000-‘02, the high level of spending could not be sustained.
The controversy over Jayson Blair's trouble tenure at The New York Times is prompting a welcome discussion of journalism, bias, and affirmative action.
The latest court case brought about by the North Carolina Chapter of the Institute for Justice involves two cherished traditions in the state, freedom and sports. It also concerns a rapidly evolving form of journalism, online news media.
My boy plays with GI Joe and cheers for America — doc, ya gotta help him!
As lawmakers in Washington dicker over how much to reduce and reform the federal tax system, lawmakers in Raleigh head off in a very different direction.
We now see evidence of another casualty of the scandal plaguing Agriculture Commissioner Meg Scott Phipps: the political implosion of her father, the former governor.
North Carolina politicians love to talk about "investing in education." But they are overselling the rate of return — and applying a flawed "labor theory of failure" to schooling.
As Americans see the Iraqi campaign through, and seek to understand the differences at home, a local minister's letter shows how wide the chasm remains.
When someone purports to tell you what "science" says about a public policy problem, you should know it's time to be scientifically skeptical.
