Opinion
Some Real Claims of Responsibility
All public officials are for “fiscal responsibility.” Its virtue is one of those things that ought to go without saying – but doesn’t, particularly during election time.
Opinion
Hope You Like Our New Direction
Over the past decade, we’ve worked hard to make Carolina Journal one of the mostly widely read, heard, and viewed media services in North Carolina.
Opinion
What Color Is Your Collar?
As if things weren’t already confusing enough in the vocational-neckwear department, they just had to go and add another category.
Opinion
A High Calling: The Work of an Entrepreneur
The people who create wealth deserve much more credit for the benefits they confer upon society.
Opinion
Not The Art Of The Deal
If the “economic argument” is truly what they’re focusing on, arts groups deserve to be de-funded as a clear and present danger to common sense.
Opinion
Mandatory Card-Check Bill Would Hurt N.C., Other Right to Work States
Even in a state that forbids closed union shops, a federal card-check bill could have major negative consequences.
Opinion
Drink, Smoke & Open Your Wallet
Fashioning a reasonable, balanced state budget without Perdue’s $700 million hike in regressive “sin taxes” was certainly possible.
Opinion
Making The Grade in Teacher Quality
Maximizing the ranks and average pay of teachers is not an education-reform agenda. It is just a re-election agenda.
Opinion
Our Fiscal Challenge, In Numbers
As we enter the first big week of state budget debate in Raleigh, here are some numbers to keep up mind.
Opinion
Keynesianism Even He Can’t Believe In
If the Obama administration’s economic policy is based on Lord Keynes’ ideas, it’s logically inconsistent to warn against wasted taxpayer-funded spending.
Opinion
It’s Always About The Money
If you’re not following the debate between John Taylor and Alan Greenspan, you’re not paying attention to the central controversy of the present moment.
Opinion
Capping Charter School Success
An arbitrary limit prevents North Carolina from taking advantage of lessons learned from some of its most successful schools.
