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Low debt burden aids North Carolina

Because I’m a fiscal conservative, you might think I reflexively oppose government borrowing. You’d be mistaken. I believe that public finance and toxicology share a common rule: the dose makes the poison. That phrase is traditionally attributed to Paracelsus, a physician and philosopher of the German Renaissance, but the underlying notion, that something can be...

John Hood
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Remembering Gene Boyce: A North Carolina legal giant who never gave up

The passing of G. Eugene Boyce on Oct. 28, 2025, marks the end of an era for North Carolina’s legal community. I had the honor of working briefly alongside Gene on the Goldston Highway Trust Fund litigation. That experience taught me more about constitutional law and legal ethics than years of practice could otherwise provide....

Jeanette Doran