Opinion
Claims about disproportionate benefits fall flatter than the flat tax
A leading left-wing advocacy group offers groundless criticism of the N.C. Senate's tax reform plan.
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Tolerance?
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Government ‘economic development’ programs: benefitting the few at the expense of the many
Imagine Ted wants to start his own company to, say, build and sell televisions. Ted rents the land and factory, hires workers, and acquires the capital goods and other inputs as necessary. Months later, he starts putting his televisions up for sale. To make a profit, of course, Ted needs to sell the sets at...
Opinion
The government can’t love you
As communism’s iron grip tightened around eastern Europe in the 20th century, the government became increasingly hostile toward relationships that didn’t center around the State. Civil society was crowded out, and in some cases outlawed, by the expansion of communist regimes that saw little use for friendship. Citizens were encouraged to look to their rulers for...
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Big tech
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Fewer students major in humanities
Too many professors prefer to teach courses based on their own narrow, often idiosyncratic research interests rather than teaching about the great ideas, institutions, people, and works of art that students actually want to study.
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On Prof. Mike Adams’ suicide, one year later
So a year ago, I learned that my friend killed himself. My friend was a tenured professor in the UNC system, the Wilmington campus. He was an award-winning teacher notorious for speaking truth to power — and for being unapologetically provocative in so doing. It’s why the university tried to deny him tenure in the...
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Wipeout
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The rise of the woke zealot and anti-truth
It is incredible to see claims like ‘men and women are biologically different’ and ‘the color of a person’s skin is irrelevant’ being challenged by the political left. It is astonishing that in the era of widespread information, we have regressed intellectually. Science is now being used to support our dogma and not challenge it....
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Mark Robinson is right to focus on the dignity of work
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson certainly grabs plenty of headlines and attention these days. Most conservatives across the state gravitate toward Robinson’s story, his rapid political ascent, and decisiveness on the issues. Many on the left fear him or struggle to take him seriously. Likely for most on the left, it’s a combination of both. Yet,...
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Inflation nation
Opinion
Why we are losing the cyberwar
“The time has clearly come for the federal government to take on a larger role in the growing fight against cyber criminals.” This dangerous rhetoric comes from Rep. Deborah Ross’s July 16 opinion piece published by The Hill. Ross, a member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, also represents the Second District...
