Opinion
Let’s recommit to letting economic freedom ring
This "Fourth of July," let's recognize just how much we need the principles from our founding and recommit ourselves to ringing the bell of economic liberty loud and clear.
Opinion
Bill puts marijuana pipe dreams before NC health and safety
Today’s high-potency marijuana and THC drugs are medically and scientifically linked to lower IQ, psychosis, depression, suicidality, motor impairment, and schizophrenia — especially for young people with developing brains.
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Opinion
Citizens should clarify voting rights
North Carolina voters will be asked this fall to remove a troubling ambiguity in the state constitution. An overwhelming, bipartisan majority of state legislators — 40 of 50 senators, 104 of 120 representatives — voted to place the amendment on the ballot. Nevertheless, say some left-leaning critics, the measure is at best an unnecessary distraction...
Opinion
Reestablishing universities as guardians of free speech
Protest is an important and powerful form of expression. But so is reasoned argument in defense of a contrary position. Universities should remain neutral caretakers of both.
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Budget stalemate boosts transparency on Jones Street
State lawmakers failed to produce a budget deal but shined more light on their priorities.
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Past expiration
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NC Chamber polling says voters want criminal justice reforms
For legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle, this polling should offer comfort that common sense reforms are supported by a majority of North Carolinian voters.
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Circling
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Carolina dispute helped provoke revolution
Did you know that a legal dispute between North Carolina’s elected legislature and the British government helped provoke the American revolution?
Opinion
Empowering innovation: NC’s path to lifesaving individualized treatments
The Right to Try Individualized Treatments Act allows patients suffering from serious or deadly illnesses to seek innovative treatments designed to their unique genetic makeup.
Opinion
News consumers deserve better than automated click bait
Baiting someone to click on an irrelevant article may be a small victory, but it's a bad long-term strategy. Because some of the those who click may never click again.
