Opinion
A Final Political Potpourri
Here’s my final political potpourri of the 2008 cycle, assembled in between stretches of far more important weekend activities.
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The Foundation of Liberty and its Importance Today
We need to learn the history behind our nation's liberty if we wish to preserve that liberty in the future.
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Clash Of The Tightenings
From what I’ve seen in public polls and heard about internal campaign polls, there seems to be a bit of a Republican surge in this last week of the 2008 cycle.
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Some Local Angles On Election Night
There are two sets of local results in North Carolina that deserve particular attention on Election Night.
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Old Drug War, New Enemy
A positive school culture can play an important role in keeping kids drug-free.
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Roads As A Zero-Sum Game
The equity-formula discussion would greatly benefit from a conservative approach to political rhetoric and liberal dose of common sense.
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It’s Just Pat!
The question on some editorialists’ minds has been: Is he or isn’t he one of them? You know, a conservative Republican (eek!)
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Raleigh Convention Center: Measuring the Size of the Disaster Won’t Be Easy
A lack of transparency will hurt efforts to track just how much taxpayer support is propping up the new $221 million project.
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Update On The Teapot Home Scandal
Good intentions are not sufficient building materials to pave a road that you’d really want to travel all the way to its final destination.
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The Curse of Visionary Politicians
Look closely at a national crisis, and you'll likely find evidence of government meddling.
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A Health Care Reform For States
Occupational-licensing laws written decades ago, at the behest of the very professions they are supposed to regulate, represent an impediment to health care reform.
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An Inconvenient Fiction On Elections
Set aside all the blather about campaign finance reform and the sanctity of the judiciary. It’s never fooled anyone who was paying close attention.
