Ghost of Hunter’s past

North Carolina cookie cops stifle holiday cheer

Shoppers come to Corner Farmers Market in Greensboro for the experience as much as the food. Immigrants from Sudan, Pakistan, France, and other parts of the world gather with local growers in the parking lot at St. Andrews Episcopal Church to sell fresh produce and homemade dishes. Some vendors bring more than food. A tamale...

A Convention of States is a popular idea and would be a cautious process

The Convention of States North Carolina (COSNC) has over 89,000 North Carolinians who signed the petition calling for a Convention of States. COSNC also has over 2,500 North Carolina volunteers working to get the N.C. General Assembly to vote for the Convention of States Resolution, and polling shows that 62% of North Carolinians support their...

Flag of Khameini regime

Patients deserve more choice of hospitals

Asheville’s Mission Hospital will soon have a new competitor in Western North Carolina. That’s good news: when a single hospital system dominates a market, that rarely works to the advantage of patients, employers, or physicians. The bad news here, however, is that it was a state agency that chose which hospital network will build the...

Beware of the coming pork-barrel spending

The 2022 General Election has come and gone. And while the oft-prophesied national “red wave” failed to materialize, North Carolina Republicans had a successful election season. Republican Congressman Ted Budd defeated Democrat Cheri Beasley for a US Senate seat that was considered one of the most competitive in the nation. Republicans won both state Supreme...