Count Steve Forbes among those who are unsurprised about today’s high inflation rate. “The surprise was how long it took to come,” said Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media and a two-time Republican presidential candidate. “The Federal Reserve was debasing the dollar or undermining its value before the COVID crisis. It went on a...
Julien Benda’s classic work, “Treason of the Intellectuals,” appeared on the scene in 1927 but now speaks presciently to those of us living a century later. Benda complained that intellectuals, theretofore neutral on issues of politics when speaking ex-cathedra, began favoring one side over the other and being led to embrace only those truths allowed by their...
I watch in amazement as Democrats repeatedly dare voters to fire them. On Friday, the North Carolina Supreme Court’s four Democrats — Anita Earls, Robin Hudson, Jimmy Ervin, and Mike Morgan — declared that when perpetual districting litigation leads to a decision that districts must be redrawn, the people of the state lose power to...
This year’s U.S. Senate race in North Carolina is shaping up to be a highly competitive and expensive one — which should surprise no one who’s lived in our state or watched our politics for more than an instant. The John Locke Foundation’s just-released Civitas Poll has the Republican nominee, U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, and...
Republicans believe their decade long reforms to Medicaid have made the program more manageable. They now think Congress is locked in to paying for 90% of the program in perpetuity. However, there are challenges to enacting Medicaid Expansion even though the Governor and both GOP leaders in the State House and State Senate now agree in principle on Medicaid expansion.
Minneapolis teachers union agreement stipulates White teachers be laid off first, regardless of seniority Of course, this is unconstitutional, and not to mention racist, but when has that mattered to the religion of woke? SURPRISE! Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act [Sic] Will Raise Taxes on the Middle Class By $20 Billion The $20 billion is scored...
Parents shouldn’t have to worry if they will ever see their kids again after a school day. School shootings, while still extremely rare compared to other forms of gun violence, must be addressed. It only takes one victim for a family to be devastated for life. Fortunately, there are solutions if we are willing to...
