All Quiet on the Warming Front
We are approaching a full 18 years of no global warming, an inconvenient fact for warming alarmists.
My job is done
Picking News Like Cherries
Voters deserve a full and fair account of economic news — especially if, as happened last month, the news resists simplification into a single, blaring headline.
Not reality-based
More Research Bolsters Case For Fracking
Scientists reported to have a perceived “anti-fracking bias” add to the growing consensus that fracking is not intrinsically dangerous.
Gonzalez: Hispanic Ethnic Unity a Government Myth
The Heritage Foundation scholar points out how the welfare state has failed immigrants from Latin America while giving short shrift to illegal immigration and other concerns.
Four Horsemen
Ad’s Apples-to-Oranges Comparison Misses Mark
It is unacceptable for backers of U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan to promote a false claim about state education spending levels when the facts are easily accessible.
CJ Editorial: The State Raised School Spending
Overall K-12 spending will increase by more than $1 billion under Republican leadership in the General Assembly, a 3-percent increase in inflation-adjusted, per-pupil terms, following a two-year drop of 9 percent under Democratic rule.
Borrow When It Saves
In 1998, the total cost of servicing North Carolina’s state debt was $166 million. By 2013, debt service had risen to $843 million.