Opinion
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.
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Threat or promise?
Opinion
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.
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Well, there’s that
Opinion
Conservatives Are Cat People
Conservatives are cat people. They are picky. They are fastidious. And they are impossible to herd.
Opinion
Democratic and journalistic crybabies
N.C. Democrats and their journalistic supporters are having a hard time adjusting to Republican electoral victories.
Opinion
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.
Opinion
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.
Opinion
Incline Towards Sunshine
Open government doesn’t require that every conversation among government officials or interaction between a government and its citizens be publicly accessible.
Opinion
Like a Bad Zombie Movie
The dreaded estate tax has returned from the dead.
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Thanks, ‘green’ congressmen
Opinion
Hard Sell on Judicial Picks
There is no perfect way to select fair-minded, capable, and independent judges – unless you know of some brilliant, unbiased Martian we might tap to do the honors.
