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Taking it to the streets
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Redistricting should favor voters
There’s no perfect way to draw electoral districts, but surely we can do better than the current system and the incessant political and legal strife it produces.
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17 things in conference budget that protect and promote freedom
There will be parades, speeches, picnics, and gatherings across North Carolina this month to celebrate freedom. The General Assembly will be wrapping up its work, at least for the meantime, this month. In many of the public policy debates this session, it seems to me freedom is in peril. We saw it in the budget...
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Celebrate freedom?
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Song and dance man
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Our revolution needs constant care
Each of us has a role to play in winding, adjusting, and repairing the clockwork of constitutional government — it’s the gift we should all give our country on its birthday.
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State judges can consider Rucho ruling’s impact
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in a partisan gerrymandering case could influence a state court dispute involving the same topic.
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Voice in the wilderness
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Accountability issues
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Community colleges deliver great value
If the goal of raising educational attainment is to enhance human capital, then it would be a mistake to focus too narrowly on university campuses.
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‘Politainment’ in the era of Trump
Republicans are in a strong position. The party has the White House and Senate, and a majority on the Supreme Court. No sitting president has been denied a second term for more than 30 years. Despite a recent cool down, the economy is humming. Polls suggest partisans are buoyant. Sixty-nine percent believe the country’s “best days are ahead of...
