Opinion
No More Bucking the GOP
Some at the legislature will miss Monroe Buchanan, but not his Republican colleagues.
Opinion
Will the Budget Shrink?
The governor claimed earlier this week that his budget would reduce state spending for the first time in a generation. The statement is incorrect, even though the governor could have made a similar claim with more credibility.
Opinion
N.C. Investors Look Elsewhere
New data from the Secretary of State's office suggests that North Carolina investors are looking to other states for places to risk their venture capital, suggesting that adverse tax and regulatory policies are hampering our state's entrepreneurial climate.
Opinion
Attempted Fraud in Preschool Program
Charlotte-Mecklenburg's Bright Beginnings program has been sold as an effective intervention for at-risk preschoolers. But what if test score gains later in school are due to special attention? That would perpetrate a fraud on taxpayers.
Opinion
A Week of High Drama
Special sessions, redistricting, court fights, tax increases, lotteries – what more could a political junkie possibly want?
Opinion
Va. Attorney General says universities can’t justify preferences for remediation
Racial and ethnic preferences in admissions and scholarships at Virginia state public universities can no longer be justified on the basis of remedying past discrimination, according to a memorandum from the office of Virginia Attorney General.
Opinion
Why Are Countries Poor?
The explanation for international differences in personal income cannot be found in race, geography, or imperial history. According to the available data, the answer is freedom — the more you have, well, the more you have.
Opinion
Health Care Honesty & Hooey
In North Carolina and elsewhere, policymakers in health care are debating whether limiting or expanding coverage of prescription drugs, home health, and other services will save money. The answer is: it depends.
Opinion
Degrees of Public Support
UNC tuition ought to go up dramatically, but won't that be unpopular? A careful reading of opinion polls suggests that while voters favor university aid, they prefer work-study and tax breaks to the kind of direct grants the UNC system gets.
Opinion
Who Was John Locke?
Hint: he was not a locksmith. Carolina Journal's George Stephens has written an invaluable new book explaining the critical role of Locke's ideas in the founding of the American republic — and the need for their rediscovery today.
Opinion
The Redistricting Homestretch
The state supreme court has established three clear rules to guide restricting: respecting county lines, equalizing population, and ensuring compact districts. Will the legislature comply?
Opinion
N.C. State supports civil discourse, embattled professor
Administrators and professors at North Carolina State University have come to the support of embattled Prof. Philip Muñoz. Muñoz's Political Science 205 class on Law and Justice was the site of an alleged racial attack Feb. 19, when a white female student, angered by the heated comments made about America and its treatment of blacks by a black student, Najja Baptist, told Baptist "go back to Africa."
