Opinion
Forced Annexation Villain: North Carolina’s Counties
County commissioners who sit idly by or make feeble attempts at fighting forced annexation are at least as big of a villain as municipalities and the state legislature.
Opinion
Test Fiasco, Read All About It
North Carolina’s testing program has been a laughable fraud for years, as the new reading results demonstrate.
Opinion
Some New Lessons About Choice
We’ve let tunnel vision and the labor-union mentality of the North Carolina Association of Educators stand in the way of progress long enough.
Opinion
The Constitutionality of Hollering a Joyful Noise
An amusing story from North Carolina’s past demonstrates the importance of separating issues of church discipline from the criminal courts.
Opinion
MSM reacts to the VP debate
How did the mainstream media see the Palin-Biden debate? Let's see.
Opinion
The Explanation Isn’t Voter Registration
North Carolina is home to some of the most-exciting political races of the season. So why is voter registration in North Carolina growing so slowly?
Opinion
When Will the Housing Crunch End?
Once the Fed took the post-September 11 "punch bowl" away from those seeking easy credit, a softening of the housing market was bound to follow.
Opinion
Another Political Potpourri
Even as McCain’s and Dole’s numbers have weakened in recent polls, enough to put their Democratic opponents ahead in some of them, McCrory has gained.
Opinion
The Price Is (Always) Right
The public has been poorly served by its elected representatives, by individuals who exhibit little understanding of economic realities.
Opinion
Financial Market Instability
The Treasury secretary and Federal Reserve chairman are devising, in the words of The Wall Street Journal puts it, "the most muscular government intervention in the economy since the Great Depression in an effort to prevent the economic devastation of the Great Depression." The American people are up in arms, and legislators are treating protests like immature and uninformed whining. Who's on the side of responsibility and freedom here?
Opinion
Flashback: Another Pay To Pave Scandal
Should North Carolina communities have to raise money for a political candidate in order to get their roads paved?
Opinion
The Art of the Campaign
There’s at least one major difference between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama: their use of campaign art.
