Opinion
NC can’t enforce its way around Virginia’s cannabis market
Under Virginia’s framework, adults aged 21 and older — including out-of-state residents — will be permitted to purchase cannabis products.
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Looking back while looking toward new year’s political battles
A 70-year-old text on political philosophy still teaches valuable lessons.
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Donkey Klaus
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Resolve to be reasonable in 2026
It would seem that reasonable people are too often lost among the click-bait headlines and outrageous reaction videos that permeate our digital lives.
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Departures
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When think tanks lose their way
When we debuted the FreeCon statement in 2023, it bore the names of several Heritage scholars. They were soon compelled to remove their names. It was a telling sign of things to come.
Opinion
Preserving the meaning of film in the streaming age
Film consumption is becoming more about at-home streaming, and less about connection.
Opinion
Christmas and the power of small
At Christmas, all of us, through the chaotic accumulation of organic efforts, manage to put something together that all the central planners of the world's bureaucratic states couldn't rival.
Opinion
Let nurses fix NC’s health care shortage
NC is one of only 12 states that still requires advanced practice registered nurses to maintain a costly, physician‑supervised collaborative practice agreement before they can see patients on their own.
Opinion
North Carolina’s decade of progress and promise
We must highlight how these founding values create freedom and economic gains today.
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Merry Christmas
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