Opinion
Flashback: Conscience Of The King
In an odd coincidence, a presentation about the morality of war set up a confrontation of a more immediate sort. TV’s “Benson” and ancient Chinese philosophers are involved.
Opinion
Put Down the Hammer, Pick Up Humility
Politicians do not have all the answers. They fail us when they shut the door on potential solutions in misguided efforts to "do something."
Opinion
Gamesters & Cartels They Run
Public employees and politically favored vendors get to use government muscle to shut down their competition so they can take North Carolina gamblers to the cleaners.
Opinion
Beware the “hate beat” scam
A professor at one of the nation's top journalism schools urges news organizations to create "hate beats" to combat opposition to the Obama administration's health-care plan. This is journalism?
Opinion
Health Care Reforms Should Empower Patients
Why not base health care reform on policies that work? Consumer-driven health care has a proven ability to reduce costs while maintaining or improving the care received by patients. Studies have found that people with consumer-driven plans are more likely than those with more traditional insurance to listen to their doctors, purchase generic medications, improve their health habits, and use online tools to find quality and cost information on doctors.
Opinion
The Enterprise Incident
Raising taxes on a company tends to reduce the wages of its employees rather than drain the bank accounts of coupon-clipping fatcats.
Opinion
Where are all the ‘arch liberals’?
A collection of mangled journalistic tidbits torn from the latest headlines, digital and print.
Opinion
A Private Little War
Did big business in North Carolina win or lose in the state budget battle of 2009?
Opinion
And the Children Shall Lead
It turns out to be exceedingly difficult to transform a few promising preschool experiments into major statewide programs involving tens of thousands of people.
Opinion
A Matter of Perspective
Crowds have lined up this week to learn about consumer-driven alternatives to government-based health care reform. They're learning about ideas that actually improve care and reduce costs.
Opinion
Errand of Mercy
The best solution is for families to own their own health insurance policies, just as they own other insurance policies.
Opinion
Push for Wind Turbines Could Knock Down Property Rights
RALEIGH -- Some legislators and environmental groups are trying to get commercial-scale wind power along the mountain ridges of western North Carolina. This would mean that lines of commercial wind turbines, which can be as tall as 500 feet (or 50 stories), would line the ridges.
