Right-of-center politicians, activists, and intellectuals are currently engaged in a vigorous debate about their movement’s present condition and future prospects. Self-styled National Conservatives, for example, argue that the federal government should play a greater role in the economy, using protective tariffs and taxpayer subsidies to aid politically favored industries. By contrast, Freedom Conservatives embrace free...
As a conservative commentator, I rarely find agreement with Democrat NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls. However, today I do. The North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission should not be in the business of policing political speech. As reported by Carolina Journal, Earls — the most liberal and outspoken member of the state Supreme Court — has filed...
North Carolina's certificate of need sets up a competition for government favors instead of a competition for customers' business.
First, the good news: North Carolina’s unemployment rate is reported as being among the lowest in decades. The NC Department of Commerce reported in August that the state’s unemployment rate for July came in at 3.3%, tying two months in 2022 for the lowest rate since 1999. Now, the not-so-good news. For starters, a low...
If current surveys are taken as predictive, the Democratic Party will nominate President Joe Biden for reelection next year, the Republican Party will nominate former President Donald Trump, and whoever wins will begin his term in 2025 as one of the most disliked politicians in American history. How can this be? As I’ve previously argued,...
The 2020 election exposed problems with how elections are conducted in North Carolina. My colleague Jim Stirling and I cataloged many of those problems in a report published by the John Locke Foundation last year. They include regular mail ballots accepted after election day, private funds sent to election officials, and election officials accepting ballots...
Unless something changes drastically, and quickly, Republicans seem to be on the path to lose the White House in 2024. The elephant in the room that threatens to keep the elephants out of the room — a large part of the GOP primary base believes the 2020 election was stolen, while another part of that...
