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Campaigns go back to future
After a certain point, raising and spending more money on TV ads doesn’t seem to help candidates very much. That's why they're returning to grass-roots campaigning.
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Imponderables
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Truth misstated on teacher pay
Most peer-reviewed studies on the subject find no positive, statistically significant correlation between average teacher salaries and student performance.
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Oh say, can you see
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Large perimeter
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Darn that pesky old Constitution
Long gone are the days when the political left stood firmly in defense of fundamental protections included in the Bill of Rights.
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Focus on growth, not development
North Carolina should abandon economic development policy and completely refocus on economic growth. These are distinctly different goals that more often than not conflict with each other. Most policies meant to promote economic development create economic inefficiencies and therefore hinder economic growth. For decades North Carolina has been pursuing “economic development policy.” Indeed, the N.C....
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While the getting is good
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Calling it both ways
Journalists, like umpires, lose credibility quickly when they appear to choose sides.
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Campaign finance
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North Carolina Gives Conservatives Hope
If you put North Carolina’s new 2016-17 state budget into the context of five previous budget plans enacted by conservative legislators, you can see Ronald Reagan’s vision being implemented into law.
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