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Moving beyond the mask and our culture of fear
“Operation Warp Speed” sounds like one of those made-up superpowers from a cartoon, but the speed of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is a reminder America is still on top. From an entrepreneurial and medical technology standpoint, the United States remains the gold standard. Yet, in many other ways for the nation, the cracks are in...
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Intentions vs. results
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Progressive checklist
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Resist the temptation to coerce
Freedom requires us to be grown-ups, to settle for living in a society in which some people just aren’t going to do what we say or believe what we believe.
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Lift the mask mandate today, governor. Listen to the experts.
Lift the mask mandate, governor. Lift it now. Today. It’s OK. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says so. You know, the people with all that science and data, of which you’re so fond. The CDC on Tuesday, April 27, said fully vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks outdoors, except in crowds. Almost...
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Latest 4-3 N.C. Supreme Court split defies partisan expectations
You might expect the N.C. Supreme Court’s three Republican justices to wind up on the losing end when the court issues split 4-3 decisions. But the recent ruling in State v. Meader reminds us that party labels don’t dictate every Supreme Court outcome. Given the right set of circumstances, the Republican justices can prevail. That’s...
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More power for the swamp
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Guilty
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Tax policy shapes migration flows
Dozens of peer-reviewed academic studies have confirmed a relationship between migration and either overall tax burdens or certain tax rates.
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Virtue signalers
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Desperation grows for those opposed to bill barring biological males from female sports
We have reached a point in the debate over House Bill 358, the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” that indicates reason and scientific rigor are not being considered in the solution. Political desperation and desire are elevated above all else. To everyone’s disappointment, opponents of the bill are scraping the bottom of the barrel for arguments—which...
