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Opinion
N.C. ABC offers rough ride, but people in the system make things tolerable
The way North Carolina buys, stores, and sells liquor is monopolistic and inherently problematic, recently highlighted by issues resulting from the pandemic. Free markets be damned. I’ve written all this, of course. Too many times to count. I’ve also written a book about people making spirits in North Carolina, all the while under the sagging...
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Special masters, trial court drop hammer on Republicans with redrawn congressional map
Despite controlling the N.C. General Assembly and the redistricting process under the state Constitution, and winning the statewide vote in 2020, Republicans are set to lose ground in North Carolina’s congressional delegation. Under a new congressional redistricting map imposed by a panel of three Superior Court judges, guided by three special masters, Republicans could do...
Opinion
The growing need to check the biased fact checkers
On February 17, U.S. Sen. Tom Tillis shared a Fox News article on his Facebook page that was later flagged for containing “false information” by the social media’s fact checkers. The article was related to Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe. In the article, the Fox News reporter...
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Change
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Managing trade will never work
Exports to China went up last year but exports to our other trading partners, especially in Europe, went up more. The latter didn’t happen because a bunch of politicians set sales quotas.
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Redistricting critique suggests Democrats want to shield themselves from the voters
A common criticism against the latest N.C. congressional map is linked to Democrats' fears about 2022 election outcomes.
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Policy matters
Opinion
Major cheating scandal rocks redistricting review
Legislative Republicans filed an emergency motion on Monday in Wake County Superior Court seeking to block two liberal professors from helping review revised congressional and legislative maps. The professors from Princeton and Brigham Young universities were assigned to help three special masters review technical aspects of the maps for a three-judge Superior Court panel, but...
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Boomerang
Opinion
Sidelined workers help fuel inflation
In the 1970s, high marginal tax rates were a big factor on the supply side of inflation. Today, it’s more likely to be regulation.
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Republicans pass highly competitive new congressional map
North Carolina will have some of the most competitive U.S. House races in the nation this year under a new congressional map given final approval by the General Assembly. The map will be reviewed by a lower court as well as the state Supreme Court before candidate filing re-opens late next week. The map completes...
