Some ideas have hideous consequences

When people in positions of power or influence abandon the norms of civil discourse and representative government, they aren’t just expressing a political opinion.

Keeping score

Local governments getting millions, and something’s just not right 

There’s been a lot written about this year’s state budget, and there will be more. That’s what happens when you’re dealing with a 438-page bill allocating $24 billion. A lot of money, a lot of competing interests, a lot of detail.   I looked at local government allocations in the budget previously, and it comes to tens of millions of dollars. In June, I...

Beer money and changing markets

News that beer distributors through political action committees poured nearly $100,000 toward defeating a bill to lift a production cap on North Carolina brewers should surprise no one. Tuesday, The Charlotte Observer, citing campaign finance reports, said from January through June the distributors gave Senate Republican leader Phil Berger $33,300 and House Speaker Tim Moore...

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