The Worst Argument You’ll Hear
There are lots of “helpful” suggestions about improving North Carolina politics, such as unconstitutional campaign reforms or loosening the voters’ leash on politicians. But there’s a more fundamental problem.
The latest campus outrage is unfortunately in our own backyard, as Duke University makes plan to host a lecture on March 3 by a terrorist who plotted to blow up government buildings and who defends violent protest of U.S. Policy.
Before the Council of State's vote on North Carolina State University’s proposed hotel and conference center, university officials asked and received a delay in the vote. Chancellor Mary Anne Fox told media that she requested the delay not because university officials were counting votes, but because they had not done enough to answer council members’ questions, especially over the issue of private financing of the project.
As thousands of soldiers, sailors, and airmen deploy from North Carolina bases to the Gulf region in preparation for war, other North Carolinians are mobilizing to protest it. How will most residents react to a Bush administration military action?
Boneheaded feminists continually employ confusion and contradiction to further their left-wing agenda.
One of the biggest fights you'll see in the state legislature this year will be over Medicaid savings. Now is the time to read up on this critical North Carolina issue.
Sen. John Edwards continued his string of underwhelming performances on Sunday morning talk shows when he told George Stephanopoulos that his favorite book was written by an alleged Soviet agent.
Activists met this weekend at Western Carolina University to develop a “women’s agenda” for the 2003 legislative session that includes demands for more tax money. What’s worse, the meeting was sponsored by an arm of the university.
Once again another great value emanates from the people who are dedicated to the proliferation of freedom: Liberty Fund. It seems that this book comes at a time when America needs to rediscover its bearing, its meaning. What is remarkable about much of today’s political rhetoric is the absence of argument grounded in the permanent things. It is a symptom of modernity that many lose touch with the past or more importantly the immutable truths that form the foundation of this country.
Just when you thought there wasn’t anything else to learn about the former governor, it turns out that he had a hand in creating a multi-billion-dollar debt problem with our municipal power utilities.
Readers “hate us again,” a respected trade publication of the media lamented one year after Sept. 11 and an ensuing, brief courtship with the press. Focusing on a public opinion poll that showed widespread dissatisfaction with journalists, the Editor & Publisher opinion article analyzed the most recent flareup in the love-hate relationship between the press and the public.
The ice storm that paralyzed hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians in December set off much discussion about its impact and meaning. As with anything, some of this discussion has been useful, but other of it widely missed the mark. Let me take this opportunity to set the record straight, as I see it, on the real story of the ice storm and its aftermath.