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.
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...
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...
Dozens of peer-reviewed academic studies have confirmed a relationship between migration and either overall tax burdens or certain tax rates.
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...
In Washington D.C., court-packing is a hot topic. U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced a bill recently that would add four justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, taking the high court from nine members to 13. Markey rolled out the legislation at a press conference in front of the Supreme Court alongside U.S. House Reps. Jerrold Nadler,...
