Voters Lost Money & Freedom
Now that Republicans run the General Assembly, they are going to move bills to restore party labels and end taxpayer funding of judicial elections.
Smart diplomacy
Swallowing Some Horse Pills For Liberty
Protecting free-speech rights often means protecting viewpoints we never would endorse.
Our Experiment With Municipal Broadband Has Failed
Local governments should simply stay out of the way of private business. Their job is to serve citizens, not to compete in the private market.
Threat or promise?
Three Tests for State Action
To say that public policy is complex is not to say that we can’t apply some relatively simple rules to improve policy outcomes.
Well, there’s that
Conservatives Are Cat People
Conservatives are cat people. They are picky. They are fastidious. And they are impossible to herd.
Democratic and journalistic crybabies
N.C. Democrats and their journalistic supporters are having a hard time adjusting to Republican electoral victories.
CJ Editorial: Stop the Slush Fund Sleaze
Marc Basnight has retired. The Department of Transportation should stop maintaining a checking account for his successors in the General Assembly.
The Benefit You’re Missing
“Tis the greatest charity to preserve the laws and rights of the nation,” wrote the English philosopher John Locke more than 300 years ago.