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Opinion
Real talk on debt and personal responsibility
The thought never occurred to us that our debts were the responsibility of others or that someone else might pay our bills, forgive our mortgage, or pay our student debt.
Opinion
The 1st Congressional District gives voters a series of real, important choices
I envy the folks in the 1st Congressional District. Living as I do in the 2nd District in Wake County, I am represented by a well-entrenched incumbent Democrat. But it does not matter that she is an incumbent. The district is so heavily tilted towards the Democrats that a Republican can’t win here. That is not...
Opinion
State Supreme Court should punt on Leandro case for now
The state's highest court no longer faces an active controversy over judges ordering money transferred out of the state treasury.
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Musk on the scene
Opinion
S.O.S.: save women’s sports
Republicans need to get a Save Women’s Sports bill to Gov. Henry McMaster, who will doubtless sign it.
Opinion
Fair hearing never allowed for McCrae Dowless or the voters
In what could be described as one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in decades, Dowless was never given the opportunity to be judged by a jury of his peers for crimes he maintained he did not commit.
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Biden’s saloon
Opinion
Some missing workers are really lost
North Carolina’s labor markets are healing — slowly. As of March, our state’s headline unemployment rate was 3.5%, comparable to where it was before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. More importantly, while our labor-force participation is still significantly below the pre-COVID rate 59.2%, it is improving. It was 57.7% in March, up...
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The Weight
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Machine politics
Opinion
Double taxes for the unvaccinated and other outrageous stories
I’m up here at a conference in Washington D.C. and met somebody from Raleigh who is a fan of Carolina Journal and he told me he liked the outrageous stories segment. It’s nice to hear from readers and I try to pick out content that has a broad appeal. Here are a few stories that...
